Stage-specific and differential expression of gap junctions in the mouse ovary: Connexin-specific roles in follicular regulation

Reproduction

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-88

  Wright, C S ^a   Becker, D L ^a   Lin, J S ^a   Warner, A E ^a   Hardy, K ^a  

^a Dept Reproductive Science/Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STAGING; THECA CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035146768     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1210077     Document Type: Article

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