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Life's smile, death's grin: vital functions of apoptosis-executing proteins.

Current opinion in cell biology - 1 Dec 2004

Garrido Carmen, Kroemer Guido

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Apoptosis is executed by caspases as well as caspase-independent death effectors. Caspases are expressed as inactive zymogens in virtually all animal cells and are activated in cells destined to undergo apoptosis. However, there are many examples where caspase activation is actually required for...

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PMID: 15530775
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2004.09.008

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