Thymocyte apoptosis in response to low-dose radiation

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 358, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-191

  Liu, Shu Zheng ^a   Zhang, Ying Chun ^a   Mu, Ying ^a   Su, Xu ^a   Liu, Jian Xiang ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell cycle change; Con A modulation; J shaped dose effect curve; Low dose radiation; Thymocyte apoptosis

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THYMOCYTE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; X RAY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CONCANAVALIN A; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; THYMUS GLAND; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION; X-RAYS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030569244     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(96)00119-4     Document Type: Article

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