proapoptotic
adjective
pro·ap·o·pto·tic
| \ (ˈ)prō-ˌa-pə(p)-ˈtä-tik, -ˌa-päp-, -ˌa-pō-, -ˌā-päp-
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variants:
or pro-apoptotic
Medical Definition of proapoptotic
: promoting or causing apoptosis
These enzymes participate in a cascade that is triggered in response to proapoptotic signals and culminates in cleavage of a set of proteins, resulting in disassembly of the cell.— Nancy A. Thornberry and Yuri Lazebnik, Science, 28 Aug. 1998