Pro-apoptotic signals of the bcl-2 gene family in the rat uterus occurs in the night before the day of estrus and precedes ovulation

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 31-39

  Mendoza Rodríguez, C Adriana ^a   Monroy Mendoza, M Gabriela ^a   Morimoto, Sumiko ^b   Cerbón, Marco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apoptosis (rat endometrium); bcl 2 gene family; Estrous cycle

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN BCL XS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UTERUS;

EID: 0142230966     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(03)00258-2     Document Type: Article

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