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Science 9 February 2007:
Vol. 315. no. 5813, pp. 776 - 777
DOI: 10.1126/science.1138870
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Perspectives

CELL BIOLOGY:
Cellular Demolition and the Rules of Engagement

Richard J. Youle

Does cell death occur by pulling the plug on Bcl-2 life support or pulling the trigger on Bax activation?

The author is in the Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. E-mail: youler{at}ninds.nih.gov

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