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Lytic infection with vaccinia virus activates caspases in a Bcl-2-inhibitable manner.
Virus research - 1 Jul 2008
Kalbacova Marie, Spisakova Martina, Liskova Jana, Melkova Zora
Abstract excerpt
Vaccinia virus (VV) is considered to cause lytic infection of most cells, with lysis being regarded equivalent to necrosis. Activation of caspases has not been associated with necrosis. However, we observed the activation and activity of caspases in epithelial cells HeLa G and BSC-40 lytically infected with VV. Using three different flow-cytometric approaches, we characterized the distinct stages of caspase...
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