Enhancement of apoptosis in developing chick neural retina cells by basic fibroblast growth factor

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2212-2215

  Yokoyama, Yoshiko ^a   Ozawa, Satoshi ^b   Seyama, Yousuke ^b   Namiki, Hideo ^a   Hayashi, Yokichi ^d   Kaji, Kazuhiko ^e   Shirama, Kazuhiko ^c   Shioda, Masaki ^f   Kano, Kazutaka ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGANO COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^f KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Basic fibroblast growth factor; DNA cleavage; Neural retina; Nuclear fragmentation; Suramin

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; DNA FRAGMENT; SURAMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030898117     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.68052212.x     Document Type: Article

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