Apoptosis - The little devil of death

被引:27
作者
De Laurenzi, V [1 ]
Melino, G [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dept Expt Med, IDI IRCCS, Biochem Lab, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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10.1038/35018190
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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
There are 'roadblocks' at several points in the signalling pathways that control programmed cell death. When the cell needs to die, these roadblocks must be removed, and a vertebrate protein that removes one such block has now been identified.
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页码:135 / 136
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