This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 06/022,049, filed Jul. 22, 1996.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an isolated ICE related protease and related DNA compounds encoding this protease. The invention further relates to the use of the ICE
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
Cysteine proteases, such as cathepsins B, H, K, L, S, and O.sub.2, containing a highly reactive cysteine residue with a free thiol group at the active site have been known as playing an important role in certain conditions distinguished by aberrant protein turnover such as: