Apoptosis - DNA destroyers

被引:58
作者
Hengartner, MO [1 ]
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[1] Univ Zurich, Inst Mol Biol, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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10.1038/35083663
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Proteins with quite mundane functions in healthy cells often behave very differently during cell suicide. One protein normally involved in copying mitochondrial DNA actually degrades nuclear DNA in dying cells.
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