Activation of follicle development: The primordial follicle

Theriogenology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1193-1210

  Picton, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oocyte; Ovary; Pregranulosa cell; Primordial follicle; Primordial germ cell

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; BETA ACTIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CYCLINE; DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FAS ANTIGEN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GLYCOGEN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; GROWTH INHIBITOR; GROWTH PROMOTOR; INHIBIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOSIDE; RNA POLYMERASE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE; HUMAN; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035310534     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(01)00478-2     Document Type: Article

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