Androgen receptor in early apoptotic follicles in the porcine ovary at pregnancy

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-188

  Słomczyńska, Maria ^a   Tabarowski, Zbigniew ^a   Duda, Małgorzata ^a   Burek, Małgorzata ^a   Knapczyk, Katarzyna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Apoptosis; Atresia; Ovary; Pig; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA; PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SWINE; THECA CELL;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33746500886     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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