Apoptosis during goitre involution - The role of Bcl-2

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 323-330

  Patel, A V ^a,d   Hill, D J ^b,c   Sheppard, M C ^a   Wang, J F ^c   Logan, A ^a   Eggo, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; GOITER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034103450     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1640323     Document Type: Article

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