Physiological apoptosis in hormone-dependent tissues: Involvement of caspases

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1190-1200

  Marti, A ^a   Jaggi, R ^a   Vallan, C ^a   Ritter, P M ^a   Baltzer, A ^a   Srinivasan, A ^b   Dharmarajan, A M ^c   Friis, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Corpus luteum; Frizzled; Mammary gland; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY;

APOPTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MAMMARY GLAND; OVARY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033387526     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400610     Document Type: Review

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