“Dead Cells Talking”: The Silent Form of Cell Death Is Not so Quiet
After more than twenty years of research, the molecular events of apoptotic cell death can be succinctly stated; different pathways, activated by diverse signals, increase the activity of proteases called caspases that rapidly and irreversibly dismantle condemned cell by cleaving specific substrates...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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Series: | Biochemistry Research International |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/453838 |