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Term information

alternative term

caspase activity measurements

caspase apoptosis assay

definition

Caspases are cysteine proteases which play an important role in apoptosis. They are synthesized and stored in cells as inactive procaspases. Once apoptosis is initiated in a cell, the procaspases get activated by proteolytic cleavage. This sets in motion a caspase cascade, which leads to the activation of proteins involved in the chromatin fragmentation and finally culminates in cell death.

editor note

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