E-cadherin-catenin complex in the rat ovary: Cell-specific expression during folliculogenesis and luteal formation

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 375-385

  Sundfeldt, K ^a   Piontkewitz, Y ^a,b   Billig, H ^a   Hedin, L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CATENIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THECA CELL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0034080887     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1180375     Document Type: Article

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