Expression and function of Fas on cells damaged by γ-irradiation in B6 and B6/lpr mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4536-4541

  Booker, Jessica K ^a   Reap, Elizabeth A ^a   Cohen, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DEXAMETHASONE; FAS ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; ZINC ACETATE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 0032212137     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.9.4536     Document Type: Article

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