Application of a fluorometric assay to detect caspase activity in thymus tissue undergoing apoptosis in vivo

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 43-48

  Gorman, Adrienne M ^a   Hirt, Ulrich A ^a   Zhivotovsky, Boris ^a   Orrenius, Sten ^a   Ceccatelli, Sandra ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DEVD; Fodrin; Glucocorticoids; Rat

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; FODRIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FLUOROMETRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FLUOROMETRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032807249     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(99)00054-X     Document Type: Article

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