Apoptotic morphology reflects mitotic-like aspects of physiological cell death and is independent of genome digestion

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-271

  Odaka, Chikako ^a   Ucker, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Chromosome condensation; Cyclin dependent kinase; DNase I; Genome digestion

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; CLONE CELLS; CLONING; GENES; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

APOPTOTIC; CELL-SHRINKAGE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE; DEATH PROCESS; DNASE I; GENOME DIGESTION; GENOMIC DNA; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS;

CONDENSATION;

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ETIOLOGY; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030006965     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19960615)34:3<267::AID-JEMT9>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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