Role of ovarian theca and granulosa cell interaction in hormone production and cell growth during the bovine follicular maturation process

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1480-1486

  Yada, Hirotsugu ^a   Hosokawa, Kumiko ^a   Tajima, Kimihisa ^a   Hasegawa, Yoshihisa ^b   Kotsuji, Fumikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; INHIBIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THECA CELL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0032708073     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.6.1480     Document Type: Article

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