Distribution of apoptosis-related proteins in the quail ovary during folliculogenesis: BCL-2, BAX and CPP32

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-112

  Van Nassauw, Luc ^a   Tao, Liling ^a   Harrisson, Fernand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

BAX; BCL 2; CPP32; Ovary; Quail

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUAIL; THECA CELL;

EID: 0032990818     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-1281(99)80010-5     Document Type: Article

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