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Caspase-mediated Cell Death

Definition: Caspase-mediated Cell Death

Caspase-mediated Cell Death

Noun

1. A type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival.

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Synonyms: Caspase-mediated Cell Death

Synonyms: apoptosis (n), programmed cell death (n). (additional references)

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Alternative Orthography: Caspase-mediated Cell Death


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 0073 0070 0061 0073 0065 002D 006D 0065 0064 0069 0061 0074 0065 0064      0043 0065 006C 006C      0044 0065 0061 0074 0068

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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