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The process of apoptosis in a lymphocyte. A form of programmed cell death that begins when a cell receives internal or external signals that trigger the activity of proteolytic caspases, proceeds through a series of characteristic stages typically including rounding-up of the cell, retraction of pseudopodes, reduction of cellular volume (pyknosis), chromatin condensation, nuclear fragmentation (karyorrhexis), and plasma membrane blebbing (but maintenance of its integrity until the final stages of the process), and ends with the death of the cell. The process of apoptosis in a natural killer cell. Any process that modulates the occurrence or rate of natural killer cell death by apoptosis. Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of natural killer cell death by apoptosis. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of natural killer cell death by apoptosis.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: natural killer cell apoptosis
Acc: GO:0070246
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process of apoptosis in a natural killer cell.
Synonyms:
  • NK cell apoptosis
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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GO:0070246 - natural killer cell apoptosis (interactive image map)
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