Strong c-Jun immunoreactivity is associated with apoptotic cell death in human tumors of the central nervous system

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-52

  Ferrer, I ^a   Segui J ^a   Olive M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Astrocytoma; c Fos; c Jun; Glioblastoma; Medulloblastoma; Nervous system; Neuroblastoma; Nuclear DNA fragmentation

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030590257     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)12879-2     Document Type: Article

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