BAX is involved in regulating follicular growth, but is dispensable for follicle atresia in adult mouse ovaries

Reproduction

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-116

  Greenfeld, Chuck R ^a   Babus, Janice K ^a   Furth, Priscilla A ^b   Marion, Sam ^c   Hoyer, Patricia B ^c   Flaws, Jodi A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LITTER SIZE; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUBERTY; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; FOLLICULAR PHASE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LITTER SIZE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 33847384965     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-06-0144     Document Type: Article

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