Molecular mechanisms of caspase regulation during apoptosis

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 897-907

  Riedl, Stefan J ^a   Shi, Yigong ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 8444220527     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1496     Document Type: Review

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