Common morphological features of apoptotic cell blebs

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-299

  Abbro, Luigi ^a   Dini, Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Blebs; Lymphocytes; U937 cells

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0942267407     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000309356532     Document Type: Article

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