Granzyme a initiates an alternative pathway for granule-mediated apoptosis

Immunity

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 595-605

  Shresta, Sujan ^a   Graubert, Timothy A ^a   Thomas, Dori A ^a   Raptis, Sofia Z ^a   Ley, Timothy J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; PERFORIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TARGET CELL DESTRUCTION;

EID: 0033136315     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80059-X     Document Type: Article

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