Morphologic and functional determinants of primordial and primary follicles in the monkey ovary

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 33-42

  Gougeon, A ^a   Busso, Dolores ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

C kit receptor; Epidermal growth factor system; Growth differentiation factor 9; Monkey ovary (fetus, adult); Primordial follicles; Stem cell factor; Transforming growth factor s

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL;

EID: 0034713154     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(00)00220-3     Document Type: Article

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