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Schematic representation of apoptosis regulated by caspases. After activation of the initiator caspases, they activate executioner caspases by cleavage. Executioner caspases, when activated cleave and activate ROCK-1, PAK-2 and DFF40/45 leading to cell shrinkage, membrane blebbing and DNA fragmentation.
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