Immunolocalization of beclin 1, a bcl-2-binding, autophagy-related protein, in the human ovary: Possible relation to life span of corpus luteum

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 331, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 509-517

  Gaytán, María ^a   Morales, Concepción ^a   Sánchez Criado, José E ^a   Gaytán, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Beclin 1; Corpus luteum; Human; Ovary; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFESPAN; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEAL PHASE; OVARY; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THECA CELL;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; CLIMACTERIC; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

PRIMATES;

EID: 38349065552     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0531-2     Document Type: Article

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