<prompt> Apoptosis is inhibited by?Bcl-2BaxBadP53  <response>: Ans. a Bcl-2Ref: Robbing pathology 9th ed. 53-54 Apoptosis is inhibited by anti-apoptosis genes which are mostly BCL family genes. Example: BCL2, BCL-X, BCL-XL Pro-apoptotic genes: they initiate and are involved in apoptosis. Example: BAD, BIM, BAX, BAK P53 is tumor suppressor gene and it causes apoptosis when there is excess of DNA damage which cannot be repaired 