CHIME proteins

• bcl-Xl, 1LXL.pdb and1MAZ.pdb
• caspase3, 1QA8.pdb (NOTE: release date 4/2000)
• procaspase9, 3YGS.pdb (release date 5/2000)

Web Links

• PDB search site
• The Cell Death Society
• COPE, Cytokines Online Pathfinder Encyclopedia (See Apoptosis)
• Kimball's Biology Pages (See Apoptosis)

Further Reading

1. R. A. Goldsby, T. J. Kindt and B. A. Osborne. Kuby Immunology,4th edition, W. H. Freeman and Co., pp. 31-33, 243-244, and 291-292, 2000.
2. H. Lodish, A. Berk, S. L. Zipursky. P. Matzudaira, D. Baltimore and J. Darnell. Molecular Cell Biology, 4th edition, W. H. Freeman and Co., pp. 10-11, 491, 529, 1044-1050, 1999.
3. B. Purves, G. Orians, C. Heller and D. Sadava. Life - The Science of Biology,  5th edition, Sinauer and W. H. Freeman and Co., pp. 212-213, 341-342, 389, 1998.
4. A . Roulston, R.C. Marcellus and P. E. Branton.  Viruses and apoptosis. Annual Review of Microbiology 53:577-628, 1999.

   M. Konopleva,  S. Zhao, Z. Xie, H. Segall, A. Younes, D. F. Claxton, Z. Estrov, S. M. Kornblau and M. Andreeff.  Apoptosis.  Molecules and Mechanisms.  Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 457:217-236, 1999.

5. P. Waring and A. Mullbacher.  Cell death induced by the Fas/Fas ligandpathway and its role in pathology.  Immunology and Cell Biology 77:312-317, 1999.
6. N. Zamzami and G. Kromer. Condensed matter in cell death. Nature401:127-8, 1999.

Acknowledgements

Derived from H. Lodish, et al., Molecular Cell Biology text and CD-ROM, 4th edition, © 2000 W. H. Freeman and Co. and Sumanas, Inc.

Virginia Scofield, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.