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Carotenoids Induce Apoptosis in the T-lymphoblast Cell Line Jurkat E6.1

Karin Müller Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
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Keri L.H. Carpenter Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
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Iain R. Challis Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
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Jeremy N. Skepper Department of Anatomy, Multi-Imaging Centre, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
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Mark J. Arends Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
Pages 791-802 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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