Calcium‐activated DNA fragmentation kills immature thymocytes
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 3 (7) , 1843-1849
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.3.7.2497041
Abstract
Glucocorticoid hormones kill immature thymocytes by activating a self-destructive process that involves extensive DNA fragmentation. It has been demonstrated that thymocyte suicide is dependent on an...Keywords
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