Apoptosis-sialic acid relationships at different developmental stages of murine thymus

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1852-1860

  Balcan, Erdal ^a   Şahin, Mesut ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Embryo; Sialic acid; Thymus

Indexed keywords

MURINAE;

EID: 33750019496     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.1852.1860     Document Type: Article

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