Ligand activation of the aromatic hydrocarbon receptor transcription factor drives Bax-dependent apoptosis in developing fetal ovarian germ cells.

Matikainen, Tiina M

Ligand activation of the aromatic hydrocarbon receptor transcription factor drives Bax-dependent apoptosis in developing fetal ovarian germ cells. [electronic resource] - Endocrinology Feb 2002 - 615-20 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

0013-7227

10.1210/endo.143.2.8624 doi


9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene--pharmacology
Animals
Apoptosis--genetics
Cells, Cultured
Female
Fetus
Germ Cells--drug effects
Ligands
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Oocytes--drug effects
Ovary--cytology
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons--pharmacology
Proto-Oncogene Proteins--biosynthesis
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2--biosynthesis
Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon--biosynthesis
Transcription Factors--genetics
bcl-2-Associated X Protein