Expression of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1, TGF-β2, and TGF- β3 and of type I and II TGF-β receptors during the development of the human fetal ovary

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 147-153

  Yeh, John ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Human fetal ovary; TGF receptors; Transforming growth factor (TGF )

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0033168689     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00182-X     Document Type: Article

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