Dita Rasper

A Combinatorial Approach Defines Specificities of Members of the Caspase Family and Granzyme B

Nancy A. Thornberry, Thomas A. Rano, Erin P. Peterson et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1997 · 2.1K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +14

Cleavage of huntingtin by apopain, a proapoptotic cysteine protease, is modulated by the polyglutamine tract

Y. Paul Goldberg, Donald W. Nicholson, Dita Rasper et al. · Nature Genetics · 1996 · 577 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +14

Caspase Cleavage of Gene Products Associated with Triplet Expansion Disorders Generates Truncated Fragments Containing the Polyglutamine Tract

Cheryl L. Wellington, Lisa Ellerby, Abigail S. Hackam et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1998 · 568 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +17

The three-dimensional structure of apopain/CPP32, a key mediator of apoptosis

J. Rotonda, Donald W. Nicholson, Kimberly M. Fazil et al. · Nature Structural Biology · 1996 · 433 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +14

Cell death attenuation by `Usurpin', a mammalian DED-caspase homologue that precludes caspase-8 recruitment and activation by the CD-95 (Fas, APO-1) receptor complex

Dita Rasper, John P. Vaillancourt, Vicky M. Houtzager et al. · Cell Death and Differentiation · 1998 · 317 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17