Tags: Protein.
Survivin also called baculoviral inhibitor of apoptosis repeat-containing 5 or BIRC5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BIRC5 gene. NCBI Reference Sequence: NG_029069.1Survivin is a member of the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) family. The survivin protein functions to inhibit caspase activation thereby leading to negative regulation of apoptosis or programmed cell death.