Apoptosis of rat uterine NK cells in vitro

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 219-224

  Fukasawa, Norihiro ^a   Hattori, Naka ^a   Zehavi Willner, Tova ^a,c   Kiso, Yasuo ^b   Shiota, Kunio ^a   Ogawa, Tomoya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cycloheximide; Uterine NK cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346281856     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.42.219     Document Type: Article

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