Oocyte attrition

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 101-108

  Reynaud, K ^a   Driancourt, M A ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Follicle; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FAS LIGAND; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LOSS; CELL METABOLISM; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LIGAND BINDING; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PACHYTENE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034713169     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00246-4     Document Type: Article

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