Elimination of atretic follicles from the mouse ovary: A TEM and immunohistochemical study in mice

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-110

  Inoue, Satoko ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Hidekazu ^a   Hiroi, Masahiko ^a   Tonosaki, Akira ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Granulosa cells; Macrophages; Ovarian follicular atresia

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACROPHAGE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033980183     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299005804     Document Type: Article

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