The Known About Apoptosis (Review of the Literature)

Year 2012, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 87 - 101, 01.07.2012

Recep Eröz Ahmet Karataş Ozan Alper Alkoç Davut Baltacı Murat Oktay Serdar Çolakoğlu Recep Eröz

https://izlik.org/JA76HU62NP

Abstract

It is necessery to be known that the mechanism of apoptosis which have a role part fromorganogenesis to different diseases is the most attract attention and performed most study on it.In this review, we are presenting the known about apoptosis to readers

Keywords

Apoptosis , programmed cell death , caspase , features of apoptosis

Apoptozis Hakkında Bilinenler (Literatür Taraması)

https://izlik.org/JA76HU62NP

Abstract

Canlı organizmalarda organogenezisten, çeşitli hastalıklara kadar birçok mekanizmada rol alanapoptozis, en çok dikkat çeken ve üzerinde çok sayıda araştırmaların yapıldığı bilinmesi gerekenönemli bir mekanizmadır. Biz bu derlemede apoptozis ile ilgili bilinenleri okuyuculara sunmayaçalıştık

Keywords

Apoptozis , programlanmış hücre ölümü , kaspaz , apoptozisin özellikleri

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