Recent advances in baculoviral inhibitor of apoptosis
杆状病毒细胞凋亡抑制基因的研究进展

Apoptosis is an active process of cellular self-destruction that is involved in normal development. Two kinds of anti-apoptosis genes p35 and iap have been identified in baculovirus genome. Both of them function at different point in the death pathway. Extensive studies have been made about the structures and function mechanisms of the genes and their products. This review highlights the recent advances in the researches of the genes and their function mechanisms and explores the possible utilizations in the future.