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Making a living out of the art of dying

Nature Biotechnology volume 19, pages 615–619 (2001)Cite this article

Insights into the molecular regulators of controlled cell death—apoptosis—have provided researchers with new strategies for treating several common disorders.

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Figure 1: Beating a path to death's door.

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Figure 2: The structure of the complex between caspase-7 and an inhibitory XIAP protein fragment.

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