Granulosa cell apoptosis induced at the penultimate stage of follicular development is associated with increased levels of Fas and Fas ligand in the rat ovary

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1170-1176

  Kim, Jong Min ^a   Boone, David L ^a   Auyeung, Anthony ^a   Tsang, Benjamin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; THECA CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031968751     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.5.1170     Document Type: Article

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