Nuclear RNA is extruded from apoptotic cells

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 999-1005

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b University of Pavia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytochemistry; Osmium ammine; Ribonucleoproteins; RNA; Terbium; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DNA; NUCLEAR RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TERBIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0031695406     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600903     Document Type: Article

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