Subcellular localization of DNA encoding eukaryotic Rubisco.

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Genes involved in controlling cell death encode proteins: 1. Killer or initiation proteins 

1. Killer or initiation proteins 

2. Destruction proteins 

3. Engulfment proteins

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Engulfment involves the assembly of a halo of actin in the engulfing cell around the dying cell, triggered by activation of Rac.

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Four genes play an essential role in controlling apoptosis during C. elegans development: 

ced-3, ced-4, ced-9, and egl-1

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In C. elegans BH3-only protein EGL-1 initiate apoptosis by binding to and inactivating CED-9

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Human Bcl-2 protein = C. elegans CED-9 protein

(23% identical in aa sequence)

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Human Bcl-2 and worm CED-9 both proteins act as regulators that suppress the apoptotic pathway