Cytochrome c release from mitochondria: all or nothing

JC Martinou, S Desagher, B Antonsson - Nature cell biology, 2000 - nature.com
JC Martinou, S Desagher, B Antonsson
Nature cell biology, 2000nature.com
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Abstract
During the process of apoptosis, cytochrome c is released from mitochondria into the cytosol where it helps to activate the caspases, a family of killer proteases. The release of cytochrome c is a rapid, complete and kinetically invariant event.
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