Reaper-induced dissociation of a Scythe-sequestered cytochrome c-releasing activity

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 5486-5493

  Thress, Kenneth ^a   Evans, Erica K ^a   Kornbluth, Sally ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytochrome c releasing activity; Reaper; Scythe

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CYTOCHROME C;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME RELEASE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS); XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0033570176     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.20.5486     Document Type: Article

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