Identification and functional characterization of two executioner caspases in Crassostrea gigas.

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Published in PLoS One on February 13, 2014

Authors

Tao Qu1, Baoyu Huang2, Linlin Zhang1, Li Li1, Fei Xu1, Wen Huang2, Chunyan Li2, Yishuai Du1, Guofan Zhang1

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
2: Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China ; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

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