Regulation of gap junctions and oocyte maturational competence by gonadotropin and insulin-like growth factor-I in ovarian follicles of red seabream

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 454-462

  Patiño, Reynaldo ^a   Kagawa, Hirohiko ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; HCG; IGF I; Maturation; Ovarian follicle; Red seabream

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FISH; GAP JUNCTION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0032855195     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7341     Document Type: Article

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