Apoptosis induced by methylazoxymethanol in developing rat cerebellum: Organization of the cell nucleus and its relationship to DNA and rRNA degradation

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-38

  Lafarga, M ^a   Lerga, A ^a   Andres, M A ^a   Polanco, J I ^a   Calle, E ^a   Berciano, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell death; Cerebellar granule cells; Chromatin; Dispersed ribosomes; DNA ladder; Nucleolus; Rat (Sprague Dawley)

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; DNA; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; RNA 28S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CHROMATIN; DNA DEGRADATION; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GRANULE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENS; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S;

EID: 0030927597     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050849     Document Type: Article

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