Phylogenomics of caspase-activated DNA fragmentation factor

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 356, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 293-299

  Eckhart, Leopold ^a   Fischer, Heinz ^a   Tschachler, Erwin ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CAD; Caenorhabditis elegans; Caspase; DNA fragmentation factor; DNase; Evolution; ICAD; Nematostella vectensis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CASPASE; DNA FRAGMENT; ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITES; CASPASES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEINS; SEA ANEMONES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CNIDARIA; ECHINODERMATA; EUMETAZOA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33947149542     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.02.122     Document Type: Article

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