| Literature DB >> 15939633 |
Zi-Bing Wang1, Yu-Qing Liu, Yu-Fang Cui.
Abstract
Apoptosis or programmed cell death is an active form of cell death which is essential for tissue homeostasis. Many proteins are involved in the molecular signal transduction of apoptosis. The caspase enzymes, a family of specific cysteine proteases, play a central role in cell death machinery. In this review, we mainly discuss the current understanding of several pathways to activate caspases and some key proteins related to these pathways.Mesh：
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15939633 DOI： 10.1016/j.cellbi.2005.04.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Biol Int ISSN： 1065-6995 Impact factor: 3.612