Lack of obvious 50 kilobase pair DNA fragments in DNA fragmentation factor 45-deficient thymocytes upon activation of apoptosis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 225-229

  Zhang, Jianhua ^a   Lee, Han ^a   Lou, Dan Wen ^a   Bovin, Gregory P ^a   Xu, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

50 kb DNA fragments; Apoptosis; Development; DFF45; Thymocytes; Tissue homeostasis

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0033932636     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3122     Document Type: Article

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