Proteases in lymphocyte killer function: Redundancy, polymorphism and questions remaining

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 391, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 873-879

  Sutton, Vivien R ^a   Trapani, Joseph A ^b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cathepsin; Granzyme; Killer cell; Perforin; Protease

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN; CYSTEINE; GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; PERFORIN; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ACIDITY; ADENOVIRUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEATH; CELL GRANULE; CELL MIGRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS REACTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DEGRANULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; GENE DELETION; GLYCOSYLATION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SERINE PROTEASES;

EID: 77955946409     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2010.088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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