The Duality of Caspases in Cancer, as Told through the Fly
Caspases, a family of cysteine-aspartic proteases, have an established role as critical components in the activation and initiation of apoptosis. Alongside this a variety of non-apoptotic caspase functions in proliferation, differentiation, cellular plasticity and cell migration have been reported....
Main Authors: | Caitlin Hounsell, Yun Fan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-08-01
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Series: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/16/8927 |
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