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Lysosomal chymotrypsin induces mitochondrial fission in apoptotic cells by proteolytic activation of calcineurin

  • Qianqian Chen 1,2 ,
  • Juan Zhang 1 ,
  • Kai Zhao 1 ,
  • Wei Li 3 ,
  • Qi Miao 1 ,
  • Yang Sun 1 ,
  • Xingyu Zhao 1 ,
  • Taotao Wei , 1 ,
  • Fuyu Yang , 1
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  • 1. National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3. State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China

Published date: 27 Aug 2014

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Qianqian Chen , Juan Zhang , Kai Zhao , Wei Li , Qi Miao , Yang Sun , Xingyu Zhao , Taotao Wei , Fuyu Yang . Lysosomal chymotrypsin induces mitochondrial fission in apoptotic cells by proteolytic activation of calcineurin[J]. Protein & Cell, 2014 , 5(8) : 643 -647 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-014-0085-5

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