Most thymocytes die in the absence of DNA fragmentation

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 249-256

  Nakamura, Masanori ^a   Yagi, Hideki ^a   Kayaba, Shoichi ^a   Ishii, Tadashi ^a   Ohtsu, Susumu ^a   Gotoh, Takahiro ^a   Itoh, Tsunetoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; DNA DAMAGE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029093413     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: 13491717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.58.249     Document Type: Article

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