Caspase 3

"Caspase 3" 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 short pro-domain caspase that plays an effector role in APOPTOSIS. It is activated by INITIATOR CASPASES such as CASPASE 9. Isoforms of this protein exist due to multiple alternative splicing of its MESSENGER RNA.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Caspase 3" by people in this website by year, and whether "Caspase 3" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 146 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2009 and 2010
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