Oocyte apoptosis: Like sand through an hourglass

Developmental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-17

  Morita, Yutaka ^a   Tilly, Jonathan L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Caspase; Cell death; Germ cell; Menopause; Oocyte; Ovary

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL X;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033199565     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9344     Document Type: Review

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