Novel zebrafish caspase-3 substrates

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 361, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-316

  Alexander Valencia, C ^a   Bailey, Christian ^a   Liu, Rihe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caspase cleavage site; Comparison of caspases from different species; Danio rerio; Natural caspase substrates; Zebrafish caspase 3

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; MESSENGER RNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CASPASE 3; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547510603     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.06.173     Document Type: Article

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