The Bcl-2-regulated apoptotic pathway

Apoptosis (programmed cell death) is required for the removal of infected, damaged or unwanted cells and its disrupted regulation is implicated in cancer, autoimmunity and degenerative disorders. At the molecular level, multiple signaling pathways converge on a family of cysteine proteases (caspases

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