Apoptosis during spontaneous luteolysis in the cyclic golden hamster: Biochemical and morphological evidence

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 255-260

  McCormack, J T ^a   Friederichs, M G ^a   Limback, S D ^b   Greenwald, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HISTOLOGY; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEOLYSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CORPUS LUTEUM; CRICETINAE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUTEAL CELLS; LUTEOLYSIS; MESOCRICETUS; NEUTROPHILS; OVARY; PROESTRUS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0031962999     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.1.255     Document Type: Article

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