High and low molecular weight DNA cleavage in ovarian granulosa cells: Characterization and protease modulation in intact cells and in cell-free nuclear autodigestion assays

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-49

  Trbovich, Alexander M ^a   Hughes Jr , Francis M ^b   Perez, Gloria I ^a   Kugu, Koji ^a   Tilly, Kim I ^a   Cidlowski, John A ^b   Tilly, Jonathan L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atresia; DNA cleavage; Follicle; Granulosa cell; Nucleases; Ovary; Proteases

Indexed keywords

AUROTHIOMALATE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DNA FRAGMENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TOSYLLYSYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE; TOSYLPHENYLALANYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL DEATH; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA CLEAVAGE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031822677     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400299     Document Type: Article

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