Apoptosis in procyclic Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in vitro

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-236

  Welburn, Susan C ^a   Dale, Colin ^a   Ellis, David ^b   Beecroft, Robert ^c   Pearson, Terry W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell death; Lectin; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CONCANAVALIN A; DNA FRAGMENT; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; LECTIN; TRITIUM; URIDINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

INSECTA; METAZOA; PROTOZOA; TRITIUM; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 0029977660     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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