Hormonal regulation of the ligand for c-kit in the rat ovary and its effects on spontaneous oocyte meiotic maturation

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 458-469

  Ismail, Rubina S ^a   Okawara, Yuji ^a   Fryer, James N ^a   Vanderhyden, Barbara C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

c kit Proto oncogene; gonadotropins; granulosa cells; in situ hybridization; meiosis; oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL LINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; OOCYTES; OVARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELL FACTOR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029940491     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199604)43:4<458::AID-MRD8>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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