Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A gene expression in human ovaries is restricted to healthy follicles and corpora lutea

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4916-4919

  Hourvitz, Ariel ^a   Widger, Amy E ^b   Filho, Fabio Lopes Teixeira ^b   Chang, R Jeffrey ^b   Adashi, Eli Y ^a   Erickson, Gregory F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GENE PRODUCT; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; PROTEINASE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 4;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUNICA ALBUGINEA;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CORPUS LUTEUM; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; RNA, MESSENGER;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0034489212     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.12.4916     Document Type: Article

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