Nuclear localization of procaspase-9 and processing by a caspase-3-like activity in mammary epithelial cells

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 358-364

  Ritter, Philipp M ^a   Marti, Andreas ^a   Blanc, Céline ^a   Baltzer, Anna ^a   Krajewski, Stanislaw ^b   Reed, John C ^b   Jaggi, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; Mammary epithelial cells; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CISPLATIN; CYTOCHROME C; ENZYME PRECURSOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALIA; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0034129406     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/S0171-9335(04)70040-0     Document Type: Article

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