Fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR)-4, but not FGFR-3 is expressed in the pregnant ovary

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Puscheck, E E ^a,b   Patel, Y ^a   Rappelee, D A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulosa cells; In situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THECA CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 3; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; THECA CELLS;

EID: 0030983952     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)00131-7     Document Type: Article

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