title: Apoptosis: a process with a (beta)NAC for complexity.
abstract: Most programmed cell deaths in the nematode C. elegans require ced-3 caspase activity. In a recent paper, reveal a new C. elegans death inhibitor, icd-1, whose loss can promote apoptosis independently of ced-3.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics*; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D020169:Caspases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D020169:Caspases; C089223:ced-3 protein, C elegans