Caspase-3 gene knockout defines cell lineage specificity for programmed cell death signaling in the ovary

Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2468-2480

  Matikainen, Tiina ^a   Perez, Gloria I ^a   Zheng, Timothy S ^b,d   Kluzak, Thomas R ^c   Rueda, Bo R ^a   Flavell, Richard A ^b   Tilly, Jonathan L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^d BIOGEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0035017876     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.6.8078     Document Type: Article

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