Proteolytic Processing of Nlrp1b in the FIIND Domain is Required for Inflammasome Activity

Nlrp1b is a NOD-like receptor of the innate immune system that upon sensing of anthrax lethal toxin oliogmerizes and forms a protein scaffold that binds to and activates pro-caspase-1; this complex is called an inflammasome. Nlrp1b is highly polymorphic and different alleles display an all or none a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frew, Bradley
Other Authors: Mogridge, Jeremy
Language:en_ca
Published: 2012
Subjects:
NLR
NOD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/32241