Crystal structure of full-length Apaf-1: How the death signal is relayed in the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis

Structure

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1074-1083

  Reubold, Thomas Frank ^a,b   Wohlgemuth, Sabine ^b   Eschenburg, Susanne ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; APOPTOSOME; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MAMMAL CELL; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE 9; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAYS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 80051534863     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: 18784186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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