Caspases 3 and 7: key mediators of mitochondrial events of apoptosis.

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Published in Science on February 10, 2006

Authors

Saquib A Lakhani1, Ali Masud, Keisuke Kuida, George A Porter, Carmen J Booth, Wajahat Z Mehal, Irteza Inayat, Richard A Flavell

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1: Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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