Expression and localisation of Bcl-2 and Bax proteins in developing rat ovary

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-61

  Gursoy E ^a   Ergin, K ^a   Basaloglu H ^a   Koca, Y ^a   Seyrek, K ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atresia; Histochemistry; Ovary

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OVARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 36048945387     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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