Reinforcing apoptosis-resistance of COS and myeloma cells by transfecting with bcl-2 gene

Cytotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 25-33

  Fujita, Tetsuo ^a   Terada, Satoshi ^a   Fukuoka, Katsuyuki ^a   Kitayama, Atsushi ^a   Ueda, Hiroshi ^a   Suzuki, Eiji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; bcl 2; COS cell; Myeloma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031431259     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007935026770     Document Type: Conference Paper

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