The role of γ-carboxylation in the anti-apoptotic function of gas6

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2790-2797

  Hasanbasic, I ^a   Rajotte, I ^a   Blostein, M ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

carboxylation; Apoptosis; Endothelium; Gas6

Indexed keywords

GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 6; OSTEOCALCIN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXYLATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

1-CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; UMBILICAL VEINS; WARFARIN;

EID: 29244489555     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2005.01662.x     Document Type: Article

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