Mycoplasma nucleases able to induce internucleosomal DNA degradation in cultured cells possess many characteristics of eukaryotic apoptotic nucleases

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 517-528

  Paddenberg, Renate ^a   Weber, Anke ^b   Wulf, Swantje ^a   Mannherz, Hans Georg ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA fragmentation; Endonucleases; Mycoplasma hyorhinis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DNA FRAGMENT; EDETIC ACID; EGTAZIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; NUCLEASE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUKARYOTA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HYORHINIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 0031822941     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400380     Document Type: Article

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