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Death by PARP
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Correspondence: Jonathan B Weitzman jonathanweitzman@hotmail.com
Genome Biology 2002, 3:spotlight-20020717-02 doi:10.1186/gb-spotlight-20020717-02
Published: 17 July 2002The nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) kills cells by inducing translocation of a mitochondrial suicide protein.