Internucleosomal DNA fragmentation in cultured cells under conditions reported to induce apoptosis may be caused by mycoplasma endonucleases

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-119

  Paddenberg, Renate ^a   Wulf, Swantje ^b   Weber, Anke ^b   Heimann, Peter ^c   Beck, Lothar A ^b   Mannherz, Hans Georg ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cycloheximide; DNA fragmentation; Endonucleases; Mycoplasma hyorhinis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; ENDONUCLEASE; HOE 33342; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HYORHINIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029818003     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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