Expression of growth differentiation factor-9 messenger ribonucleic acid in ovarian and nonovarian rodent and human tissues

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2571-2578

  Fitzpatrick, Susan L ^a   Sindoni, Deborah M ^a   Shughrue, Paul J ^a   Lane, Malcolm V ^a   Merchenthaler, Istvan J ^a   Frail, Donald E ^a  

^a WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS;

EID: 0031763341     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.5.6014     Document Type: Article

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