Werner syndrome lymphoblastoid cells are sensitive to camptothecin-induced apoptosis in S-phase

Human Genetics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-14

  Poot, Martin ^a   Gollahon, Katherine A ^a   Rabinovitch, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPTOTHECIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; EXONUCLEASE; HELICASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER; CASE REPORT; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WERNER SYNDROME;

APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CAMPTOTHECIN; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; S PHASE; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0033010781     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050903     Document Type: Article

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