Inhibition of caspase-9 through phosphorylation at Thr 125 by ERK MAPK

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 647-654

  Allan, Lindsey A ^a   Morrice, Nick ^b   Brady, Suzanne ^a   Magee, Gareth ^a   Pathak, Shalini ^a   Clarke, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CELL EXTRACT; CYTOCHROME C; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; OKADAIC ACID; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; STAUROSPORINE; THREONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HELA CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRIDINES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THREONINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038726089     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1005     Document Type: Article

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