Detection of DNA fragmentation in human breast cancer tissue by an antibody specific to single-stranded DNA

Breast Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-52

  Kobayashi, Shunzo ^a   Iwase, Hirotaka ^a   Kawarada, Yoshihiko ^b   Miura, Naoyuki ^b   Sugiyama, Toshihiro ^b   Iwata, Hiroji ^a   Hard, Yasuo ^a   Omoto, Yoko ^a   Nakamura, Taka Aki ^c  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Breast cancer; DNA fragmentation; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863229409     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02967414     Document Type: Article

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