Apoptosis in steroidogenic cells: Structure-function analysis

Steroids

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 207-211

  Amsterdam, Abraham ^a   Dantes, Ada ^a   Selvaraj, Natarajagounder ^a   Aharoni, Dorit ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

apoptosis; granulosa cells; ovary; steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031014603     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(96)00182-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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