The conservation and uniqueness of the caspase family in the basal chordate, amphioxus
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The caspase family, which plays a central role in apoptosis in metazoans, has undergone an expansion in amphioxus, increasing to 45 members through domain recombination and shuffling.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>In...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-09-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/9/60 |