Mechanism of induction of follicular atresia after equine chorionic gonadotrophin (eCG) antisera treatment in hypophysectomized eCG-injected hamster model: Possible involvement of c-myc and cdc25

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-267

  Kole, Alok R ^a  

^a A M College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDC25; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ANTIBODY; GROWTH FACTOR; MYC PROTEIN; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HAMSTER; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; EQUIDAE; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0033103570     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1997.0648     Document Type: Article

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