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The process of programmed cell death, or apoptosis, has become one of the most intensively studied topics in biological sciences in the last two decades. Apoptosis as a common and universal mechanism of cell death, distinguishable from necrosis, is now a widely accepted concept after the landmark paper by Kerr, Wyllie and Currie in the early seventies [1]. Different components of the death machinery in eukaryotes are discussed in this issue.
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Samali, A., Gorman, A.M. & Cotter, T.G. Apoptosis-the story so far.... Experientia 52, 933–941 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920101
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