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Chapter 13 Cell senescence and apoptosis

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1.About cellular aging

2.Molecular mechanisms about cell senescence

A.Oxidative damage theory

B.Telomere shortening and cell senescence

C.Extracellular cotrol of cell division, cell growth, and apoptosis


3.Apoptosis, Programmed cell death

A.Biological functions of apoptosis

B.Morphological and biochemical characteristics of apoptosis



4.Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis

A.Early researches

B.
Apoptosis is carried out by a proteolytic system — caspase

C.Molecular pathways of apoptosis

Copyright 2010, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. . (2008, October 23). Retrieved September 03, 2010, from CORE OCW Web site: http://ocw.core.org.cn/CORE/biology/cell-biology/online-course-1/chapter-13. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License