The infant and pubertal human ovary: Balbiani's body-associated VASA expression, immunohistochemical detection of apoptosis-related BCL2 and BAX proteins, and DNA fragmentation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 698-706

  Albamonte, María Itatí ^a   Albamonte, Mirta S ^a   Stella, Inés ^a   Zuccardi, Luis ^b   Vitullo, Alfredo D ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Balbiani's body; BAX; BCL2; human infant ovary; ovarian reserve; TUNEL; VASA

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASA PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BALBIANI BODY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUBERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84874291968     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des453     Document Type: Article

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