Role of apoptosis and mitosis during human eye development

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 421-429

  Božanić, Darka ^a   Tafra, Robert ^a   Saraga Babić, Mirna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

bcl 2 protein; Caspase 3; Eye; Human embryo; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTODERM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROEPITHELIUM; OPTIC DISK CUP; OVULATION; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER;

EID: 0141626824     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00328     Document Type: Article

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