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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 739 (1 November 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrm2788

Apoptosis: Watching caspase 2 get active

Katharine H. Wrighton

In the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway, cellular stress induces mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP). This results in the release of proteins from the mitochondrial intermembrane space that activate caspase cysteine proteases.