Nuclear ribonucleoprotein-containing structures undergo severe rearrangement during spontaneous thymocyte apoptosis. A morphological study by electron microscopy

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 331-336

  Biggiogera, Marco ^a   Bottone, Maria Grazia ^a   Pellicciari, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030920941     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050118     Document Type: Article

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