A novel mechanism underlies caspase-dependent conversion of the dicer ribonuclease into a deoxyribonuclease during apoptosis

Cell Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 218-232

  Ge, Xiao ^a   Zhao, Xiang ^a   Nakagawa, Akihisa ^b   Gong, Xinqi ^a   Skeen Gaar, Riley Robert ^b   Shi, Yong ^b   Gong, Haipeng ^a   Wang, Xinquan ^a   Xue, Ding ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; C. elegans; caspase; conversion; deoxyribonuclease; dicer ribonuclease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CASPASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; RIBONUCLEASE III;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CASPASES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASE III;

EID: 84893751352     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2013.160     Document Type: Article

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