Cerebellar heterokaryon formation increases with age and after irradiation

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-154

  Wiersema, Anita ^a   Dijk, Freark ^a   Dontje, Bert ^a   van der Want, Johannes J ^a   de Haan, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL FUSION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROKARYON; IRRADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 44249123983     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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