Insights into the regulatory mechanism for caspase-8 activation

Molecular Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 543-549

  Donepudi, Mrudula ^a   Sweeney, Aengus Mac ^a   Briand, Christophe ^a   Grütter, Markus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 8;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0037291890     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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