Oocyte regulation of kit ligand expression in mouse ovarian follicles

Developmental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 342-353

  Joyce, Ieuan M ^a   Pendola, Frank L ^a   Wigglesworth, Karen ^a   Eppig, John J ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle; FSH; Granulosa cells; Kit ligand; Mouse; Oocyte; Ovary; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033569708     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9437     Document Type: Article

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