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Induction of apoptosis by Drosophila reaper, hid and grim through inhibition of IAP function.
The EMBO journal - 15 Feb 2000
Goyal L, McCall K, Agapite J, Hartwieg E, Steller H
Abstract excerpt
Induction of apoptosis in Drosophila requires the activity of three closely linked genes, reaper, hid and grim. Here we show that the proteins encoded by reaper, hid and grim activate cell death by inhibiting the anti-apoptotic activity of the Drosophila IAP1 (diap1) protein. In a genetic modifier screen, both loss-of-function and gain-of-function alleles in the endogenous diap1 gene were obtained, and the mutant...
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