Expression of Ad4-BP/cytochrome P450 side chain cleavage enzyme and induction of cell death in long-term cultures of human granulosa cells

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 391-400

  Breckwoldt, M ^a   Selvaraj, N ^a   Aharoni, D ^a   Barash, A ^b   Segal, I ^b   Insler, V ^b   Amsterdam, A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gonadotrophins; Human granulosa cells; IVF; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FOLLITROPIN; FORSKOLIN; FUSHI TARAZU PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FORSKOLIN; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GRANULOSA CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030154333     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.6.391     Document Type: Article

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