Apoptosis: Calling time on apoptosome activity

Science Signaling

Volumn 2, Issue 91, 2009, Pages

  Adrain, Colin ^a   Martin, Seamus J ^b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSOME; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE 9; HOLOENZYME; PROTEINASE;

APOPTOSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATALYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; TIME;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSOMES; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BINDING SITES; CASPASE 9; CATALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77449158449     PISSN: 19450877     EISSN: 19379145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.291pe62     Document Type: Short Survey

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28. Work in the Martin laboratory is supported by grants from Science Foundation Ireland (SRCG20336 and 08/IN.1/B2031) and the Wellcome Trust UK (082749). C.A. is supported by a longterm fellowship from The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization.