Death Domain
"Death Domain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A conserved protein interaction domain of the death domain superfamily that is structurally similar to the DEATH EFFECTOR DOMAIN and CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN. Death domains bind each other to form oligomers and occur on DEATH DOMAIN RECEPTORS, where they are required for APOPTOSIS signaling and non-apoptotic functions.
| Descriptor ID |
D000071459
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.570.820.709.275.750.500.395.500
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