Expression of bclxs and c-myc in atretic follicles of mouse ovary

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-225

  Nandedkar, Tarala D ^a   Dharma, Shalmali J ^a  

^a Institute for Research in Reproduction India   (India)

Author keywords

apoptosis; bclxs; c myc; follicular atresia; granulosa cells

Indexed keywords

BCL XS PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN BCL 2; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TUNEL ASSAY;

EID: 85006091206     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62040-8     Document Type: Article

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