L-Arginine and mitomycin C-induced nitric oxide release and apoptosis in human lymphocytes

Cell Biology International

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-340

  Erden, Ceyda Damla ^a   Ekmekci, Abdullah ^a   Şahin, Feride Iffet ^a   Ergün, Mehmet Ali ^a   Öztürk, Güler ^b   Erbas, Deniz ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; L Arginine; Mitomycin C; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; MITOMYCIN C; NITRIC OXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ASSAY; CELL LEVEL; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; NORMAL HUMAN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038440762     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1065-6995(02)00350-5     Document Type: Article

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