The apoptosis cascade - Morphological and immunohistochemical methods for its visualization

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-18

  Huppertz, Berthold ^a   Frank, Hans Georg ^a   Kaufmann, Peter ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

bcl 2; Caspases; Differentiation; Phosphatidylserine flip; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CASPASE; CELL RECEPTOR; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAND BINDING; MORPHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0033048814     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050254     Document Type: Review

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