Expression of granulosa cell-specific genes and induction of apoptosis in conditionally immortalized granulosa cell lines established from H-2K(b)- tsA58 transgenic mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1078-1086

  Walther, Norbert ^a   Einspanier, Almuth ^b   Jansen, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032939065     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.5.1078     Document Type: Article

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