Steroid production, cell proliferation, and apoptosis in cultured bovine antral and mural granulosa cells: Development of an in vitro model to study estradiol production

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-177

  Rouillier, Paul ^a   Matton, Pierre ^b   Dufour, Maurice ^c   Sirard, Marc André ^a   Guilbault, Louis A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antral and mural; Apoptosis; Cattle; Estradiol production; FSH stimulation; Granulosa cells

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA CONTENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; LUTEINIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GRANULOSA CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STEROIDS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0031860023     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199806)50:2<170::AID-MRD7>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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