Viral protease cleavage of inhibitor of B triggers host cell apoptosis
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*Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Melchor Fernandez Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid, Spain; ‡Departamento de Fisiologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Alcala, Carretera Barcelona Km 33, 28017 Alcala de Henares, Spain; §Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Ross 950, Baltimore, MD 21205; and ¶Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, Instituto Reina Sofia de Investigaciones Nefrologicas, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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