Reconstitution of caspase-mediated cell-death signalling in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Current Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 21-28

  Ryser, Stephan ^a,b   Vial, Elisabeth ^a   Magnenat, Edith ^a   Schlegel, Werner ^b   Maundrell, Kinsey ^a  

^a Serono International SA   (Switzerland)

^b Fondation pour Recherches Medicales   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Caspases; Fission yeast

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITES; CASPASE 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CYSTEINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, LETHAL; HUMANS; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0032871751     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050468     Document Type: Article

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