Effects of retinoids on the meiosis in the fetal rat ovary in culture

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 225-231

  Livera, G ^a   Rouiller Fabre, V ^a   Valla, J ^a   Habert, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Fetal; Germ cell; Meiosis; Organ culture; Ovary; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

4 [(5,6,7,8 TETRAHYDRO 5,5,8,8 TETRAMETHYL 2 NAPHTHYL)CARBOXAMIDO]BENZOIC ACID; CD 0336; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BENZOATES; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; OOGENESIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OVARY; RATS; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIDS; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0034713743     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(00)00271-9     Document Type: Article

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