Granulysin induces cell death with nuclear accumulation

Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Takamori, Yasushi ^a,b   Ogawa, Kazuyuki ^a   Nagata, Kinya ^a   Takano, Shoichi ^a   Nakamura, Masataka ^b  

^a Research and Development Center   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caspase independent cell death; GFP fusion proteins; Nuclear translocation

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; GNLY PROTEIN, HUMAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL NUCLEUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 21244435503     PISSN: 13428810     EISSN: 13428810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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