The proteolytic procaspase activation network: An in vitro analysis

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1117-1124

  Van De Craen, M ^a,b   Declercq, W ^a   Van Den Brande, I ^a   Fiers, W ^a   Vandenabeele, P ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b Devgen NV   (Belgium)

^c Department of Molecular Biology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Cleavage; Procaspase; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0032785022     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400589     Document Type: Article

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