Apoptosis and atrophy in rat slow skeletal muscles in chronic heart failure

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 5 46-5, 1999, Pages

  Libera, Luciano Dalla ^a   Zennaro, Roberta ^b   Sandri, Marco ^a   Ambrosio, Giovanni Battista ^b   Vescovo, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Venice City Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; Caspase 3

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; DNA; MONOCROTALINE; PROTEIN BCL 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; HEART FAILURE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041717651     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.277.5.c982     Document Type: Article

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