Selection of the dominant follicle in cattle occurs in the absence of differences in the expression of messenger ribonucleic acid for gonadotropin receptors

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2963-2971

  Evanst, A C O ^a   Fortune, J E ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THECA CELL;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CATTLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RECEPTORS, FSH; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030973410     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.138.7.2963     Document Type: Article

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