Marker for real-time analysis of caspase activity in intact cells

BioTechniques

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1284-1291

  Lee, Pui ^a   Beem, Elaine ^a   Segal, Mark S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

APOPTOTIC; CASPASE ACTIVITY; HOMEOSTASIS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CASPASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036913248     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/02336rr02     Document Type: Article

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