Prolongation of ovarian lifespan into advanced chronological age by Bax- deficiency

Nature Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 200-203

  Perez, Gloria I ^a   Robles, Rodolfo ^a   Knudson, C Michael ^b   Flaws, Jodi A ^a,c   Korsmeyer, Stanley J ^b   Tilly, Jonathan L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; LIFESPAN; MENOPAUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HYPERTROPHY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SUPEROVULATION; UTERUS;

EID: 0032961234     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/5985     Document Type: Article

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