Direct actions of kit-ligand on theca cell growth and differentiation during follicle development

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3819-3827

  Parrott, Jeff A ^b   Skinner, Michael K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THECA CELL;

EID: 0030756176     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.9.5368     Document Type: Article

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