Expression of inhibin α and inhibin/activin βA subunits in the developing follicles of the duck

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 507-509

  Fu, Yan ^a   Niu, Dong ^a   Ruan, Hui ^b   Yu, Xu Ping ^a   Chen, Gong ^a   He, Guo Qing ^b   Yang, Pei Xin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Agric Eng Food Sci Coll Z   (China)

Author keywords

Follicle; Inhibin subunit; Inhibin activin A subunit; Quantitative competitive RT PCR

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN; INHIBIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; INHIBIN BETA A SUBUNIT; INHIBIN-ALPHA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DUCK; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; DUCKS; FEMALE; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; INHIBINS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0035223735     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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