Steroidogenic enzyme expression during preovulatory follicle maturation in pigs

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1424-1431

  Garrett, Wesley M ^a   Guthrie, H D ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRENOGEST; CYTOCHROME P450;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; SWINE;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AROMATASE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; FOLLICULAR PHASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROIDS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030947634     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.6.1424     Document Type: Article

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