Granzyme a loading induces rapid cytolysis and a novel form of DNA damage independently of caspase activation

Immunity

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 585-595

  Beresford, Paul J ^a   Xia, Zhinan ^a   Greenberg, Arnold H ^b   Lieberman, Judy ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 3; DNA; GRANZYME A; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LAMIN B; PERFORIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL STRAIN K 562; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAJI CELL;

EID: 0033137079     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80058-8     Document Type: Article

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