A monoclonal antibody recognizes follicular granulosa cell antigens in porcine ovaries

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 567-572

  Tajima, Chiemi ^a   Manabe, Noboru ^a   Inoue, Naoko ^a   Matsui, Toshikatsu ^a   Kagawa, Noriko ^a   Hondo, Eiichi ^b   Miyano, Takashi ^c   Ratky, Jozsef ^d   Miyamoto, Hajime ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Granulosa cell; Monoclonal antibody; Ovarian follicle; Pig

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244405889     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.567     Document Type: Article

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