Clusterin mRNA expression in apoptotic and activated rat thymocytes

Cell Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-58

  Park, Jung Hyun ^a   Park, Jee Sun ^b   Ju, Sung Kyu ^b   Lee, Kwan Bok ^b   Park, Yoo Kyoung ^c   Kang, Myung Hee ^c   Na, Shin Young ^d   You, Kwan Hee ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Hannam University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Clusterin; mRNA isoforms; sgp 2; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CLUSTERIN; CONCANAVALIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THYMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLUSTERIN; CONCANAVALIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0642372673     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7290150     Document Type: Article

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