Apoptosis-specific protein (ASP) identified in apoptotic Xenopus thymus tumor cells

Developmental Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 333-348

  Horton, John ^a   Milner, Anne ^b   Horton, Trudy ^a   Ritchie, Pamela ^a   Gascoyne, Duncan ^a   Hewson, Tim ^a   Hammond, Estery ^b   Gregory, Christopher ^c   Grand, Roger ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis detection by flow cytometry; Apoptosis specific protein (ASP) evolution; Lymphoid tumor cells; Xenopus immune system

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACRIDINE ORANGE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; IONOMYCIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LYSATE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; THYMOMA; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032466090     PISSN: 10446672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/70616     Document Type: Article

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