The ligand of the c-kit receptor promotes oocyte growth

Developmental Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 194-205

  Packer, Alan I ^a   Hsu, Ying Chang ^b   Besmer, Peter ^b   Bachvarova, Rosemary F ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0028157042     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1994.1020     Document Type: Article

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