Calpain activation is upstream of caspases in radiation-induced apoptosis

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1051-1061

  Waterhouse, Nigel J ^a,b   Finucane, Debra M ^c   Green, Douglas R ^c   Elce, John S ^d   Kumar, Sharad ^e   Alnemri, Emad S ^f   Litwack, Gerald ^f   Khanna, Kumkum ^a   Lavin, Martin F ^a,b   Watters, Dianne J ^a,g  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HANSON INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calpain; Caspases; Fodrin; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CASEIN; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; FODRIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOMA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME;

EID: 17444395181     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400425     Document Type: Article

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