Degradation of nuclear matrix and DNA cleavage in apoptotic thymocytes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-56

  Weaver, Valerie M ^a   Carson, Christine E ^a   Walker, P Roy ^a   Chaly, Nathalie ^b   Lach, Boleslaw ^c   Raymond, Yves ^d   Brown, David L ^e   Sikorska, Marianna ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Institut du Cancer de Montreal   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lamin B; NuMA; Phosphorylation; Site specific proteolysis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; LAMIN B; PROTEINASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; THYMOCYTE;

ALPHA 1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; LAMIN TYPE B; LAMINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NUCLEAR MATRIX; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030030256     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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