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CED9 (gene)
Introduction
Discovered in the C. elegans genome. Ced9 is the gene that codes for a protein that inhibits/represses apoptosis. The human version of the gene is called Bcl-2.
The protein prevents the release of cytochrome c in the membrane of mitochondria
http://www.wormbase.org/db/gene/gene?name=WBGene00000423;class=Gene