Structural snapshots reveal distinct mechanisms of procaspase-3 and -7 activation.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on May 06, 2013

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Nathan D Thomsen1, James T Koerber, James A Wells

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1: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.

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