Chromatin isolated from viable human PBLs contains DNA fragmented to ≥ 50 kb

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-241

  Szabó Jr , Gábor ^a   Bacsó, Zsolt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CD4; Chromatin fragmentation; Peripheral blood lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; DNA FRAGMENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRITIUM;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOTOPE LABELING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0029948419     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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