Expression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein messenger ribonucleic acid is limited to theca of healthy bovine follicles collected during recruitment, selection, and dominance of follicles of the first follicular wave

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 953-959

  Bao, Bagna ^a,b   Calder, Michele D ^a   Xie, Sancai ^a,c   Smith, Michael F ^a   Salfen, Brent E ^a   Youngquist, Robert S ^a   Garverick, H Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; THECA CELL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER; THECA CELLS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0031710134     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.4.953     Document Type: Article

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