title: ICE-like proteases in apoptosis.
abstract: The discovery of structural and functional similarities between the product of the nematode cell-death gene ced-3 and mammalian interleukin-1 beta-converting enzyme (ICE) is providing important insights into the molecular mechanism of apoptosis. This article summarizes the current knowledge of ICE and its homologues, and how these may be involved in regulating apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Hanson Centre for Cancer Research, Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics*; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics*; D020170:Caspase 1; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D020170:Caspase 1