Calpain, an Upstream Regulator of Thymocyte Apoptosis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3690-3697

  Squier, Margaret K T ^b   Cohen, J John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALPAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031569532     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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