apop-tosis

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  • 细胞凋亡
  • apoprotein 载脂蛋白,脱辅基蛋白质,脱辅基蛋白
  • d n.字母D
名词 apoptosis:
  1. a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival