Secretion of inhibin A, inhibin B and inhibin pro-αC during the oestrous cycle of the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 451-456

  Ohshima, K ^a   Kishi, H ^b   Itoh, M ^c   Watanabe, G ^a   Arai, K ^a   Uehara, K ^a   Groome, N P ^d   Taya, K ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN PRO ALPHA C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HAMSTER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INHIBINS; MESOCRICETUS; PEPTIDES; PROSTATIC SECRETORY PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 0032834833     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1620451     Document Type: Article

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