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Caspases: evolutionary aspects of their functions in vertebrates

1 Mar 2009

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Caspases (cysteine-dependent aspartyl-specific protease) belong to a family of cysteine proteases that mediate proteolytic events indispensable for biological phenomena such as cell death and inflammation. The first caspase was identified as an executioner of apoptotic cell death in the worm Caenorhabditis elegans. Additionally, a large number of caspases have been identified in various animals from sponges to...

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PMID: 20735596
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02184.x

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