Analysis of apoptosis and expression of bcl-2 gene family members in the human and baboon ovary

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-76

  Kugu, Koji ^a   Ratts, Valerie S ^b   Piquette, Gary N ^c   Tilly, Kim I ^a   Tao, Xiao Jing ^a   Martimbeau, Stephanie ^a   Aberdeen, Graham W ^d   Krajewski, Stanislaw ^e   Reed, John C ^e   Pepe, Gerald J ^f   Albrecht, Eugene D ^d   Tilly, Jonathan L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^e BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atresia; BAX; BCL 2; BCL X; Caspase; CPP32; Granulosa cell; ICH 1; Ovary; P53

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA FRAGMENT; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BABOON; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RODENT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; RODENTIA;

EID: 7344230523     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400316     Document Type: Article

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