Theca interna: The other side of bovine follicular atresia

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1071-1078

  Clark, Leigh J ^a   Irving Rodgers, Helen F ^a   Dharmarajan, Arun M ^b   Rodgers, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atresia; Bovine; Follicle; Ovary; Theca cells; Theca interna

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P450;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL DEATH; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; STEROIDS; THECA CELLS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 4544380584     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.029652     Document Type: Article

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