Proteolytic Processing of the Caspase-9 Zymogen Is Required for Apoptosome-mediated Activation of Caspase-9
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Regulation of the Apaf-1-caspase-9 apoptosome.
caspase-9 apoptosome Shawn B. Bratton1 and Guy S. Salvesen2 1Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, and Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-0125, USA 2Program in Apoptosis and Cell Death Research, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.441568