Evidence that non-caspase proteases are required for chromatin degradation during apoptosis

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1017-1027

  Hughes Jr , Francis M ^a   Evans Storms, Rosemary B ^a   Cidlowski, John A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Endonuclease; Protease

Indexed keywords

AURINTRICARBOXYLIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; CELL DNA; CELL EXTRACT; DNA FRAGMENT; MAGNESIUM ION; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; NUCLEASE; PROTEINASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRATHIONIC ACID; TOSYLPHENYLALANYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17444370486     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400418     Document Type: Article

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