Differential expression of members of the bcl-2 gene family in proliferative and secretory human endometrium: Glandular epithelial cell apoptosis is associated with increased expression of bax

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2738-2746

  Tao, Xiao Jing ^a   Tilly, Kim I ^a   Maravei, Daniel V ^a   Shifren, Jan L ^a   Krajewski, Stanislaw ^b   Reed, John C ^b   Tilly, Jonathan L ^a   Isaacson, Keith B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROBE; TURNOVER TIME;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030814797     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.8.2738     Document Type: Article

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