Expression of executioner procaspases and their activation by a procaspase-activating compound in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells.

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Published in Blood on December 23, 2014

Authors

Viralkumar Patel1, Kumudha Balakrishnan2, Michael J Keating3, William G Wierda3, Varsha Gandhi4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, TX; and.
2: Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX;
3: Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
4: Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, TX; and Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

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