Tissue transglutaminase in the small intestine of the mouse as a marker for apoptotic cells. Colocalization with DNA fragmentation

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 313-317

  Aschoff, A P ^a   Gunther E ^a   Jirikowski, G F ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell death; Differentiation; Enterocytes; ISEL; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034022634     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180000140     Document Type: Article

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