| Term: | liver activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process |
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| Synonyms: | activation of metacaspase activity, caspase activation |
| Definition: | Any process that initiates the activity of the inactive enzyme cysteine-type endopeptidase in the context of an apoptotic process. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0006919] QuickGO AmiGO |