Measuring Apoptosis: Caspase Inhibitors and Activity Assays
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Topic Introduction Measuring Apoptosis: Caspase Inhibitors and Activity Assays
Caspases are proteases that initiate and execute apoptotic cell death. These caspase-dependent events are caused by cleavage of specific substrates that propagate the proapoptotic signal. A number of techniques have been developed to follow caspase activity in vitro and from apoptotic cellular extracts. Many of these techniques use molecules that are based on optimal peptide motifs for each cas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1559-6095
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top070359