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Caspase 9

"Caspase 9" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A long pro-domain caspase that contains a CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN in its pro-domain region. Caspase 9 is activated during cell stress by mitochondria-derived proapoptotic factors and by CARD SIGNALING ADAPTOR PROTEINS such as APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1. It activates APOPTOSIS by cleaving and activating EFFECTOR CASPASES.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Caspase 9" by people in this website by year, and whether "Caspase 9" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 41 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2002
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