“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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Main Authors: Richard Jäger, Howard O. Fearnhead
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Biochemistry Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/453838