The Caenorhabditis elegans CED-9 protein does not directly inhibit the caspase CED-3, in vitro nor in yeast

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1309-1316

  Jabbour, A M ^a,b,c   Ho, P K ^a,b,c   Puryer, M A ^a,b   Ashley, D M ^a,b,c   Ekert, P G ^b,d   Hawkins, Chris J ^a,b,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Nematode; Protease; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Worm

Indexed keywords

CASPASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CASPASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 9944251402     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401501     Document Type: Article

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