The most widespread desmosomal cadherin, desmoglein 2, is a novel target of caspase 3-mediated apoptotic machinery

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 598-606

  Cirillo, Nicola ^a,b   Lanza, Michele ^a   De Rosa, Alfredo ^a   Cammarota, Marcella ^a   La Gatta, Annalisa ^a   Gombos, Fernando ^a   Lanza, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; C HSU buffer; Caspases; Cell cell adhesion; Desmoglein; Enterocytes; Keratinocytes; Staurosporine

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLVALYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CADHERIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 3 INHIBITOR; DESMOGLEIN 2; PLAKOGLOBIN; STAUROSPORINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEATH; CELL LYSATE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRAIN HT29; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; DESMOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSOL; DESMOGLEIN 2; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; ENTEROCYTES; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; STAUROSPORINE;

EID: 38649137691     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21431     Document Type: Article

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