Endo-exonuclease of human leukaemic cells: Evidence for a role in apoptosis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2343-2360

  Fraser, Murray J ^a   Tynan, Stephen J ^a   Papaioannou, Arthur ^a   Ireland, Christine M ^a   Pittman, Sally M ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Endo exonuclease; Endoplasmic reticulum; Human; Leukaemic cell; Nuclease; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ETOPOSIDE; EXONUCLEASE; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CHROMATIN; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSOL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENDONUCLEASES; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ETOPOSIDE; EXONUCLEASES; HUMANS; KINETICS; LEUKEMIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

MAMMALIA; NEUROSPORA;

EID: 0029831162     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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