Assertion: caspase | /r/CapableOf | mediate apoptotic cell death
Facets:
value: through a cascade of protein cleavage
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Originally identified among other family members of Caenorhabditis elegans death proteins (4), it is now known that caspases are key proteases that activate and mediate apoptotic cell death through a cascade of protein cleavage.