How the ovarian follicle of Podarcis sicula recycles the DNA of its nurse, regressing follicle cells

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 421-429

  De Caro, M ^a   Indolfi, P ^a   Iodice, C ^a   Spagnuolo, S ^a   Tammaro, S ^a   Motta, C M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Comparata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA recycling; Follicular epithelium; Lacertids; Oogenesis; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0031791850     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199812)51:4<421::AID-MRD9>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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