Is nitric oxide an autocrine modulator of bovine granulosa cell function?

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 471-478

  Basini, G ^a   Baratta, M ^a   Ponderato, N ^a   Bussolati, S ^a   Tamanini, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

DNA FRAGMENT; ESTRADIOL; N ACETYLPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CATTLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GRANULOSA CELLS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PENICILLAMINE; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0032324378     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd98114     Document Type: Article

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