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ARTS triggers apoptosis

submitted by agwartney on March 07, 2012
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Tags: apoptosis , ARTS , cell death , protein
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Author(s): Sarit Larisch and Hermann Steller , Rockefeller University
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Cell showing overproduction of the ARTS protein (red). ARTS triggers apoptosis, as shown by the activation of caspase-3 (green) a key tool in the cell's destruction. The nucleus is shown in blue.

Sarit Larisch and Hermann Steller, Rockefeller University
 
 

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  1. avatar azileretsis makes this comment

    Thu Mar 8 19:27:32 2012

    Not enough info for me. Here's more: "ARTS is an unusual septin-like mitochondrial protein that was originally shown to mediate TGF-beta-induced apoptosis." - The mitochondrial ARTS protein promotes apoptosis through targeting XIAP http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC391065/?tool=pubmed

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