Programmed cell death of the ovarian nurse cells during oogenesis of the silkmoth Bombyx mori

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 419-428

  Mpakou, Vicky E ^a   Nezis, Ioannis P ^a   Stravopodis, Dimitrios J ^a   Margaritis, Lukas H ^a   Papassideri, Issidora S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Bombyx mori; Nurse cell; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SILKWORM; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BOMBYX; CASPASES; CYTOSKELETON; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 33748335443     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2006.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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