Morphological and biochemical evidence for apoptosis in the terminal hypertrophic chondrocytes of the growth plate

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 430-433

  Zenmyo, Michihisa ^a   Komiya, Setsuro ^a   Kawabata, Rikimaru ^a   Sasaguri, Yasuyuki ^b   Inoue, Akio ^a   Morimatsu, Minoru ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chondrocytes; Growth plate

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDONUCLEASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; GROWTH PLATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GROWTH PLATE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OSTEOGENESIS; SWINE;

EID: 0030474221     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199612)180:4<430::AID-PATH691>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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