Abstract:
:As known, gamma-interferon-induced cell death in HeLa cells can be mediated via the recently identified protein kinase, death associated protein (DAP) kinase which is localized to the microfilament system of the cytoskeleton. However, the downstream or upstream effectors of DAP kinase remain uncertain. In the present work, we hypothesize that the most probable substrate for DAP kinase is regulatory light chain of myosin II, by phosphorylating which the kinase can transduct death signals.
journal_name
Med Hypothesesjournal_title
Medical hypothesesauthors
Gerashchenko BI,Murata-Hori M,Hosoya Hdoi
10.1054/mehy.1999.0967keywords:
subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-05-01 00:00:00pages
850-2issue
5eissn
0306-9877issn
1532-2777pii
S0306-9877(99)90967-2journal_volume
54pub_type
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