Massive expansion of the calpain gene family in unicellular eukaryotes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Calpains are Ca<sup>2+</sup>-dependent cysteine proteases that participate in a range of crucial cellular processes. Dysfunction of these enzymes may cause, for instance, life-threatening diseases in humans, the loss of s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/193 |