Gamma-radiation-induced cell death in the fetal rat brain possesses molecular characteristics of apoptosis and is associated with specific messenger RNA elevations

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 19-30

  Borovitskaya, Anna E ^a,b   Evtushenko, Vladimir I ^c   Sabol, Steven L ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Russian Center for Research in Radiological and Surgical Technologies   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Fetal rat brain; Fos; JunB; Messenger RNA; p53; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA FRAGMENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FETUS; FOREBRAIN; GAMMA RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RNA SYNTHESIS; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030043994     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00177-T     Document Type: Article

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