Structure of the CED-4-CED-9 complex provides insights into programmed cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Yan, N., Chai, J., Lee, E.S., Gu, L., Liu, Q., He, J., Wu, J.W., Kokel, D., Li, H., Hao, Q., Xue, D., Shi, Y.(2005) Nature 437: 831-837
- PubMed: 16208361 
- DOI: 10.1038/nature04002
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2A5Y - PubMed Abstract: 
Interplay among four genes--egl-1, ced-9, ced-4 and ced-3--controls the onset of programmed cell death in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Activation of the cell-killing protease CED-3 requires CED-4. However, CED-4 is constitutively inhibited by CED-9 until its release by EGL-1 ...