Abstract
REVIEW Apoptosis, an evolutionarily conserved form of cell suicide, requires specialized machinery. The central component of this machinery is a proteolytic system involving a family of proteases called caspases. These enzymes participate in a cascade that is triggered in response to proapoptotic signals and culminates in cleavage of a set of proteins, resulting in disassembly of the cell. Understanding caspase regulation is intimately linked to the ability to rationally manipulate apoptosis for therapeutic gain.
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@article{Thornberry_1998, title={Caspases: Enemies Within}, volume={281}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.281.5381.1312}, DOI={10.1126/science.281.5381.1312}, number={5381}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Thornberry, Nancy A. and Lazebnik, Yuri}, year={1998}, month=aug, pages={1312–1316} }