A caspase homolog keeps CED-3 in check

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 104-107

  Brady, Graham F ^a   Duckett, Colin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE 3; PROTEINASE;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DEATH; CELL DEATH ABNORMALITY 3 GENE; CELL DEATH ABNORMALITY 4 GENE; CELL DEATH ABNORMALITY 9 GENE; EGG LAYING DEFECTIVE 1 GENE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CASPASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 63149094761     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2008.11.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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