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cell death

Posted by ahsanur on 07 Sep 2010 at 16:41 GMT

apoptosis
http://ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000889#article1.front1.article-meta1.abstract1.p1

A process of programmed cell death by which cells undergo an ordered sequence of events which lead to death of the cell, as occurs during growth and development of the organism, as a part of normal cell aging, or as a response to cellular injury

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