Smac, a mitochondrial protein that promotes cytochrome c-dependent caspase activation by eliminating IAP inhibition.

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Published in Cell on July 07, 2000

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C Du1, M Fang, Y Li, L Li, X Wang

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1: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 75235, USA.

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