Transduction of anti-apoptotic proteins into chondrocytes in cartilage slice culture

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 313, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 522-527

  Ozaki, Daiya ^a,b   Sudo, Kentaro ^a,b   Asoh, Sadamitsu ^a   Yamagata, Kumi ^a   Ito, Hiromoto ^b   Ohta, Shigeo ^a  

^a Graduate School of Medicine   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; FAS ANTIBODY; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYBRID PROTEIN; NITROGEN OXIDE; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN FNK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 0347064003     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.11.144     Document Type: Article

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