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  • noun biochemistry Any of a family of proteins that are the precursors of caspase

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  • Then, you'll switch to the cytoplasmic face of the death receptors which can now attach adaptor proteins, which in turn, fish out procaspase 8.

    2008 March - Telic Thoughts 2008

  • Then, you'll switch to the cytoplasmic face of the death receptors which can now attach adaptor proteins, which in turn, fish out procaspase 8.

    A Look at the Inner Life of a Doomed Cell 2008

  • Mithramycin A and PFT-alpha also reduced H2O2-induced apoptosis synergistically and abrogated the expression of procaspase 3 and procaspase 9.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Jing Wang Xinying Wang 2008

  • To determine the effects of Sp1 on PUMA in H2O2-induced apoptosis, procaspase 3, procaspase 9 and procaspase 8 expression was assessed.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Jing Wang Xinying Wang 2008

  • The procaspase 8s become activated and break off to activate other caspase 3s in the cytoplasm “the signal is being amplified and spread.

    A Look at the Inner Life of a Doomed Cell 2008

  • The procaspase 8s become activated and break off to activate other caspase 3s in the cytoplasm “the signal is being amplified and spread.

    2008 March - Telic Thoughts 2008

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