Apoptosis of epithelial cells in vivo involves tissue transglutaminase upregulation

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 288-293

  Cummings, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

apoptosis; in vitro study; kidney; liver; prostate; tissue transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0029792058     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199607)179:3<288::AID-PATH574>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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