Localization of the cell death genes CPP32 and Mch-2 to human Chromosome 4q

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-59

  Nasir, J ^a   Theilmann, J L ^a   Chopra, V ^a   Jones, A M ^b   Walker, D ^b   Rasper, D M ^c   Vaillancourt, J P ^c   Hewitt, J E ^b   Nicholson, D W ^c   Hayden, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MERCK FROSST CENTRE FOR THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASP6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 6; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 6; CASPASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 6844236382     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900349     Document Type: Article

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