Cytochrome c release from mitochondria:: all or nothing

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作者
Martinou, JC
Desagher, S
Antonsson, B
机构
[1] Serono Pharmaceut Res Inst, CH-1228 Plan Les Quates, Switzerland
[2] CNRS, UPR 9023 CCIPE, F-34094 Montpellier 5, France
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10.1038/35004069
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
During the process of apoptosis, cytochrome c is released from mitochondria into the cytosol where it helps to activate the caspases, a family of killer proteases. The release of cytochrome c is a rapid, complete and kinetically invariant event.
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