Serial killers: Ordering caspase activation events in apoptosis

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1067-1074

  Slee, E A ^a   Adrain, C ^a   Martin, S J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Apoptosome; Cascade; Caspase; Protease

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 3;

APOPTOSIS; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032785181     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400601     Document Type: Review

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