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Donald W. Nicholson,
Nancy A. Thornberry
(1997).
Caspases: killer proteases.
Trends in Biochemical Sciences
, 22
(8)
, 299-306.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0968-0004(97)01085-2
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- 10.1016/s0968-0004(97)01085-2