Gene Symbol | Casp8 |
Entrez Gene ID | 64044 |
Full Name | caspase 8 |
Synonyms | CASP-8 |
General protein information |
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Gene Type | protein-coding |
Organism | Rattus norvegicus(Norway rat) |
Genome | |
Summary | member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) familythat mediates the terminal stage of apoptosis; involved in apoptosis induced by Fas and other stimuli [RGD, Feb 2006]. |