Term: caspase: any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis
Broader: protease: any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Unrelated: seek time: (computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data track
Broader: protease: any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Unrelated: myrmecophyte: plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it
Broader: protease: any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Unrelated: bung: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
Broader: protease: any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Unrelated: the hots: intense sexual desire
Broader: protease: any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Unrelated: shamelessness: behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
Broader: protease: any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Unrelated: spread: two facing pages of a book or other publication
Broader: protease: any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Unrelated: learning curve: a graph showing the rate of learning (especially a graph showing the amount recalled as a function of the number of attempts to recall)
Broader: protease: any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Unrelated: blue murder: an extravagantly loud outcry
Broader: protease: any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Unrelated: centipede: chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
Broader: protease: any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Unrelated: courtier: an attendant at the court of a sovereign