The effect of monosodium glutamate on rat thymocyte proliferation and Bcl-2/bax protein expression

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 247-251

  Pavlović, Voja ^a   Cekić, Snežana ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Bax; Bcl 2; Monosodium glutamate; Proliferation; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PCNA MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 33846304695     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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