apoptosis

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

programmed cell death caspase-mediated cell death cell death apoptotic cellular death cell suicide cellular self-destruction cellular apoptosis cell termination cellular passing cellular self-annihilation cellular demise cell demise cell destruction cellular decease

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Hypernyms

necrobiosis cell death

Phrases with the word

cellular apoptosis apoptosis-inducing apoptosis-associated

Examples

Just as the blurring between childhood and adulthood has produced the kidult, so the stretching of middle into old age has fostered another peculiar chimera: septuagenarians with apoptosis sporting the depeche mode. Will Self

The process of apoptosis by which life and development are governed is profoundly communal. ...Cells ...need to be "encouraged" to live. Theodore Roszak

Active NF-κB induces the expression of anti-apoptotic genes such as Bcl-2, resulting in inhibition of apoptosis. Source: Internet

As a consequence, p53 cannot induce apoptosis, since it cannot induce the expression of proapoptotic proteins. Source: Internet

APAF-1 cells are protected from apoptosis stimuli such as irradiation. Source: Internet

Apaf-1 is the protein that turns on caspase 9 by cleavage to begin the caspase cascade that leads to apoptosis. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

apoptogenicity apoptolidin apoptose apoptosis-associated apoptosis-inducing apoptosomal