Programmed cell death in the developing nervous system

Brain Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 427-446

  Burek, Michael J ^a   Oppenheim, Ronald W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GLIA CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0029910952     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1996.tb00874.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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