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GO: Biological Process
cardiac muscle cell apoptotic process
- Term ID
- GO:0010659
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- cardiac muscle cell apoptosis
- Definition
- A form of programmed cell death induced by external or internal signals that trigger the activity of proteolytic caspases, whose actions dismantle a cardiac muscle cell and result in its death. Cardiac muscle cells are striated muscle cells that are responsible for heart contraction.
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- Ontology
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