Ultrastructural changes in granulosa cells in porcine antral follicles undergoing atresia indicate apoptotic cell death

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-14

  Sugimoto, Miki ^a   Manabe, Noboru ^a   Kimura, Yoshihiro ^a   Myoumoto, Akira ^a   Imai, Yuzuru ^a   Ohno, Hiroko ^a   Miyamoto, Hajime ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Follicular atresia; Granulosa cells; Pig ovary; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649083284     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.44.7     Document Type: Article

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