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Proteolytic cleavage of Livin (ML-IAP) in apoptotic melanoma cells potentially mediated by a non-canonical caspase.
Journal of dermatological science - 1 Sept 2006
Yan Hui, Brouha Brook, Liu Tong, Raj Deepak, Biddle Diana, Lee Ray, Grossman Douglas
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BACKGROUND: Several inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) are cleaved during apoptosis. Studies of the melanoma-associated IAP (ML-IAP) Livin, using recombinant molecules, have implicated both caspases 3/7 and the serine protease Omi/HtrA2 in its proteolytic cleavage. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the apoptotic cleavage of Livin in melanocytic cells, and evaluate the role of known proteases. METHODS: We assessed...
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