Centrosomes contain γ tubulin, which forms specific ringlike complexes (γ TuRCs) that, have the ability to nucleate microtubules and form a bipolar spindle

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Necroptosis

A type of necrosis triggered by extracellular hormones that causes inflammation

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Anoikis 

Excess cells may also be extruded from epithelial layers, by a mechanically regulated process that can cause detachment and the loss of trophic survival signals

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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