Identification of α-tubulin as a granzyme B substrate during CTL-mediated apoptosis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 858-865

  Goping, Ing Swie ^a   Sawchuk, Tracy ^a   Underhill, Alan D ^a   Bleackley, R Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytotoxic lymphocyte; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; GRANZYME B;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GRANZYMES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TUBULIN;

EID: 33645220408     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02791     Document Type: Article

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