Inhibition of CED-3 zymogen activation and apoptosis in Caenorhabditis elegans by caspase homolog CSP-3

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1094-1101

  Geng, Xin ^a   Shi, Yong ^a   Nakagawa, Akihisa ^a   Yoshina, Sawako ^b   Mitani, Shohei ^b   Shi, Yigong ^c   Xue, Ding ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; CASPASE; CASPASE CED 3; CASPASE CSP 3; CASPASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PROTEASE CED 3; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CASPASES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 53549089865     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1488     Document Type: Article

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