Preantral ovarian follicles in serum-free culture: Suppression of apoptosis after activation of the cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate pathway and stimulation of growth and differentiation by follicle-stimulating hormone

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2417-2424

  Mcgee, Elizabeth ^a   Spears, Norah ^a   Minami, Sawako ^a   Hsu, Sheau Yu ^a   Chun, Sang Young ^a   Billig, Håkan ^a   Hsueh, Aaron J W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; DNA FRAGMENT; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030912598     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.6.5164     Document Type: Article

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