The molecular regulation of apoptosis and implications for radiation oncology

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 455-466

  Blank, K R ^a   Rudoltz, M S ^a   Kao, G D ^a   Muschel, R J ^a   McKenna, W Gillies ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 0030993694     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530097143789     Document Type: Review

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