Caspase-2 resides in the mitochondria and mediates apoptosis directly from the mitochondrial compartment

Cell Death Discovery

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lopez Cruzan, M ^a   Sharma, R ^a   Tiwari, M ^a,c   Karbach, S ^a   Holstein, D ^a   Martin, C R ^a   Lechleiter, J D ^a,b   Herman, B ^a,d  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d Office of the Vice President of Research   (United States)

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EID: 85021710612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cddiscovery.2016.5     Document Type: Article

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