A whole cell assay to measure caspase-6 activity by detecting cleavage of lamin A/C.

Caspase-6 is a cysteinyl protease implicated in neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease making it an attractive target for therapeutic intervention. A greater understanding of the role of caspase-6 in disease has been hampered by a lack of suitable cellu...

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Main Authors: Robert Mintzer, Sreemathy Ramaswamy, Kinjalkumar Shah, Rami N Hannoush, Christine D Pozniak, Frederick Cohen, Xianrui Zhao, Emile Plise, Joseph W Lewcock, Christopher E Heise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3257251?pdf=render