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death-associated protein (DAP)

A protein that induces apoptosis. It binds to a death receptor on the plasma membrane, resulting in an intracellular cascade of events that acitivates caspases and eventually causes apoptosis.Cohen, G. (2000) The Biochemist 22(2), 25-27

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