Activins and their receptors in female reproduction

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-279

  Peng, C ^a   Mukai, S T ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activin receptors; Activins; Placenta; Reproductive axis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SMAD PROTEIN; STEROID HORMONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033811648     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o00-007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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