Beclin-1 deficiency in the murine ovary results in the reduction of progesterone production to promote preterm labor

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 40, 2014, Pages E4194-E4203

  Gawriluk, Thomas R ^a   Ko, CheMyong ^b   Hong, Xiaoman ^c   Christenson, Lane K ^c   Rucker, Edmund B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; BECN1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; FAT DROPLET; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MAP1LC3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE;

129 MOUSE; ANIMAL; AUTOPHAGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; ENDOSOME; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUTEAL CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHAGOSOME; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ENDOSOMES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPID DROPLETS; LUTEAL CELLS; MALE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OVARY; PHAGOSOMES; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84907705896     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1409323111     Document Type: Article

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