Cancer Letters
Volume 222, Issue 1 , Pages 23-38 , 10 May 2005

T11TS/S-LFA3 induces apoptosis of the brain tumor cells: a new approach to characterise the apoptosis associated genetic changes by arbitrarily primed-PCR

  • Joydeep Mukherjee

      Affiliations

    • Cellular and Molecular Immunology Lab, Department of Physiology, Dr B. C. Roy Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (I.P.G.M.&R.), 244 B, A.J.C.Bose Road, Kolkata 700 020, West Bengal, India
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  • Anirban Ghosh

      Affiliations

    • Cellular and Molecular Immunology Lab, Department of Physiology, Dr B. C. Roy Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (I.P.G.M.&R.), 244 B, A.J.C.Bose Road, Kolkata 700 020, West Bengal, India
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  • Susobhan Sarkar

      Affiliations

    • Cellular and Molecular Immunology Lab, Department of Physiology, Dr B. C. Roy Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (I.P.G.M.&R.), 244 B, A.J.C.Bose Road, Kolkata 700 020, West Bengal, India
    • ,
  • Malabika Mazumdar

      Affiliations

    • Cellular and Molecular Immunology Lab, Department of Physiology, Dr B. C. Roy Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (I.P.G.M.&R.), 244 B, A.J.C.Bose Road, Kolkata 700 020, West Bengal, India
    • ,
  • Pallab Sarkar

      Affiliations

    • Cellular and Molecular Immunology Lab, Department of Physiology, Dr B. C. Roy Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (I.P.G.M.&R.), 244 B, A.J.C.Bose Road, Kolkata 700 020, West Bengal, India
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  • Ashish Kumar Duttagupta

      Affiliations

    • Genetics Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Technology and Agriculture, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700 019, West Bengal, India
    • ,
  • Swapna Chaudhuri

      Affiliations

    • Cellular and Molecular Immunology Lab, Department of Physiology, Dr B. C. Roy Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (I.P.G.M.&R.), 244 B, A.J.C.Bose Road, Kolkata 700 020, West Bengal, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 33 2557 3147; fax: +91 33 2223 5181.

Received 10 March 2004 ,Revised 30 August 2004 ,Accepted 3 September 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.09.014

Cancer Letters
Volume 222, Issue 1 , Pages 23-38 , 10 May 2005

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