The Apoptosome: Heart and Soul of the Cell Death Machine

Apoptosis is a fundamental biologic process by which metazoan cells orchestrate their own self-demise. Genetic analyses of the nematode C elegans identified three core components of the suicide apparatus which include CED-3, CED-4, and CED-9. An analogous set of core constituents exists in mammalia...

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Main Author: Arul M. Chinnaiyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1999-04-01
Series:Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S147655869980030X