Mechanism of Dronc activation in Drosophila cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 5035-5041

  Muro, Israel ^a   Monser, Kristin ^a   Clem, Rollie J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Dark; Dronc; Drosophila melanogaster

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DRONC; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; INSECT CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 8744227977     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01376     Document Type: Article

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