Antiapoptotic herpesvirus Bcl-2 homologs escape caspase-mediated conversion to proapoptotic proteins

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 5024-5031

  Bellows, David S ^a   Chau, B Nelson ^a   Percy, Lee ^a   Lazebnik, Yuri ^b   Burns, William H ^c   Hardwick, J Marie ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CELL EXTRACT; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL X;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS SAIMIRI; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITES; CASPASES; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0034026759     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.11.5024-5031.2000     Document Type: Article

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