Effect of decidualization on the expression of bax and bcl-2 in the rat uterine endometrium

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3123-3130

  Akcali, Kamil C ^a   Khan, Sohaib A ^a   Moulton, Bruce C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLASTOCYST; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DECIDUA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARIECTOMY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTINS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UTERUS;

EID: 0029895510     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.137.7.3123     Document Type: Article

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