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Caspases: killer proteases.

D. Nicholson, N. Thornberry

1997.8.1TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(97)01085-2

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Caspases (cysteinyl aspartate-specific proteinases) mediate highly specific proteolytic cleavage events in dying cells, which collectively manifest the apoptotic phenotype.

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NICHOLSON, D.; THORNBERRY, N. Caspases: Killer proteases. TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES, 1997, 22 8: 299–306.