Localization, regulation and possible consequences of apoptotic protease-activating factor-1 (Apaf-1) expression in granulosa cells of the mouse ovary

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2641-2644

  Robles, R ^a   Tao, X J ^a   Trbovich, A M ^a   Maravei, D V ^a   Nahum, R ^a   Perez, G I ^a   Tilly, K I ^a   Tilly, J L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE; GONADOTROPIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033279001     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.6.6931     Document Type: Article

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