Transition from caspase-dependent to caspase-independent mechanisms at the onset of apoptotic execution

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 225-239

  Samejima, Kumiko ^a   Toné, Shigenobu ^a   Kottke, Timothy J ^b   Enari, Masato ^c   Sakahira, Hideki ^c   Cooke, Carol A ^a   Durrieu, Françoise ^a   Martins, Luis M ^a   Nagata, Shigekazu ^c   Kaufmann, Scott H ^b   Earnshaw, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CAD; Caspases; DFF; ICAD

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APHIDICOLIN; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CASPASES; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICKENS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LAMININ; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NOCODAZOLE; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 15644384377     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.1.225     Document Type: Article

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