Germ cell proliferation and apoptosis in the developing human ovary

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4664-4670

  Fulton, N ^a   Martins Da Silva, S J ^a   Bayne, R A L ^a   Anderson, R A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 2; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; HISTONE H3;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; OOCYTE; OVARY CELL; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HISTONES; HUMANS; MITOSIS; OVARY; OVUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 23844521361     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-0219     Document Type: Article

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