Fas, FasL, Bcl-2, and Bax in the endometrium of rhesus monkey during the menstrual cycle

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 478-484

  Wei, Peng ^a   Jin, Xuan ^a   Tao, Shi Xin ^a   Han, Chun Sheng ^a   Liu, Yi Xun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Endometrium; Menstrual cycle; Proliferation; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHESUS MONKEY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 14644412394     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20215     Document Type: Article

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