Structural mechanisms of inflammasome assembly

FEBS Journal

Volumn 282, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 435-444

  Lu, Alvin ^a,b,c   Wu, Hao ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ASC; CARD; Death domain superfamily; Filaments; Helical assembly; Inflammasomes; Polymerization; Prion like; PYD; Structures

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSOME; CRYOPYRIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; NEURONAL APOPTOSIS INHIBITORY PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFLAMMASOMES; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84921730204     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.13133     Document Type: Review

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