Nutrition Research
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 186-192 , April 2006

Induction of apoptosis in HT-29 human colon adenocarcinoma cells by 13-cis-retinoic acid and vitamin E succinate

  • Byron K. Murray

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    • Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, 857 WIDB, Provo, UT 84602-5253, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 801 422 6207; fax: +1 801 422 0519.
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  • Brita Brown

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, 857 WIDB, Provo, UT 84602-5253, USA
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  • Philip M. Scherer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, 857 WIDB, Provo, UT 84602-5253, USA
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  • David P. Tomer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, 857 WIDB, Provo, UT 84602-5253, USA
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  • Kaedi R. Garvin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, 857 WIDB, Provo, UT 84602-5253, USA
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  • Bronwyn G. Hughes

      Affiliations

    • Plant Bioactives Research Institute, 95 South Mountain Way Drive, Orem, UT 84058, USA
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  • Kim L. O'Neill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, 857 WIDB, Provo, UT 84602-5253, USA

Received 29 December 2005 ,Revised 13 April 2006 ,Accepted 21 April 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2006.04.005

Nutrition Research
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 186-192 , April 2006

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