Vascular endothelial growth factor production in growing pig antral follicles

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 858-864

  Barboni, B ^a   Turriani, M ^a   Galeati, G ^a   Spinaci, M ^a   Bacci, M L ^a   Forni, M ^a   Mattioli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follicle; Follicular development; Granulosa cells; Growth factors; Hormone action; Theca cells

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SWINE; THECA CELL;

EID: 0033837755     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod63.3.858     Document Type: Article

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