Three-dimensional ultrastructure of apoptotic nuclei in rat prostatic epithelial cells revealed by a quick-freezing and deep-etching method

Prostate

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-202

  Kubo, Masashi ^a   Uchiyama, Hideyuki ^a   Ueno, Akira ^a   Terada, Nobuo ^a   Fujii, Yasuhisa ^a   Baba, Takeshi ^a   Ohno, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Castration; Chromatin structure; In situ end labeling; Prostate; Quick freezing and deep etching method

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHROMATIN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FREEZE ETCHING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032524974     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19980515)35:3<193::AID-PROS5>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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