Radiation, the Ideal Cytotoxic Agent for Studying the Cell Biology of Tissues such as the Small Intestine

Radiation Research

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-136

  Potten, Christopher S ^a  

^a Epistem Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT; PROTEIN BCL 2;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL KINETICS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; SMALL INTESTINE; STEADY STATE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; RADIATION, IONIZING; STEM CELLS;

EID: 1642580868     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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