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- noun biochemistry Any of a family of
proteins that are the precursors ofcaspase
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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The procaspase 8s become activated and break off to activate other caspase 3s in the cytoplasm “the signal is being amplified and spread.
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The procaspase 8s become activated and break off to activate other caspase 3s in the cytoplasm “the signal is being amplified and spread.
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