Inhibition of distant caspase homologues by natural caspase inhibitors
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Inhibition of distant caspase homologues by natural caspase inhibitors.
Caspases play an important role in the ability of animal cells to kill themselves by apoptosis. Caspase activity is regulated in vivo by members of three distinct protease inhibitor families, two of which, baculovirus p35 and members of the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) family, are thought to be caspase specific. However, caspases are members of the clan of cysteine proteases designated CD, whic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0264-6021,1470-8728
DOI: 10.1042/bj3570575