Definition of Caspase

1. Noun. Any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis.


Definition of Caspase

1. Noun. (enzyme) Any of several intracellular proteolytic enzymes that mediate apoptosis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caspase

casked
casket
casketed
casketing
caskets
caskful
casking
casks
casky
casn't
casomorphin
casomorphine
casomorphines
casomorphins
casopitant
caspase (current term)
caspase-activated deoxyribonuclease
caspase-mediated cell death
caspases
caspofungin
casque
casqued
casques
casquet
casquetel

Literary usage of Caspase

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"JBiolChem 272:31138-31148 (1997). 95. 75. Li J, Billiar TR, Talanian RV, Kim YM. Nitric oxide reversibly inhibits seven members of the caspase family via ..."

2. Designing Nanostructures at the Interface Between Biomedical and Physical by Nas (2005)
"... JM Song, T. Vo-Dinh, Optical Sensor for the Detection of caspase-9 Activity in a Single Cell. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004. ..."

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