Involvement of the Change in Chromatin Structure in Thymocyte Apoptosis Induced by Phosphorylation of Histones

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1010, Issue , 2003, Pages 218-220

  Enomoto, Riyo ^a   Yoshida, Yukari ^a   Komai, Tomoe ^a   Sugahara, Chiyoko ^a   Yasuoka, Yuka ^a   Lee, Eibai ^a  

^a KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calyculin A; Chromatin; DNA fragmentation; Histone phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CALYCULIN A; DNA FRAGMENT; HISTONE; OKADAIC ACID; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR;

APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 85044098565     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1299.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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