The roles of activins, inhibins and estrogen in early committed follicles

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 81-87

  Findlay, J K ^a   Drummond, A E ^a   Britt, K L ^a   Dyson, M ^a   Wreford, N G ^b   Robertson, D M ^a   Groome, N P ^c   Jones, M E E ^a   Simpson, E R ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activin; Estrogen; Estrogen receptors; Granulosa cells; Inhibin; Knockout mouse models; Postnatal rats

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 0034713166     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00243-9     Document Type: Article

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