Reproductive biology of the relaxin-like factor (RLF/INSL3)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 699-705

  Ivell, Richard ^a   Bathgate, Ross A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Follicular development; Leydig cells; Relaxin; Theca cells

Indexed keywords

RELAXIN LIKE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL KINETICS; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CRYPTORCHISM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; TESTIS DESCENT; THECA CELL; TRANSGENICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036721334     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.005199     Document Type: Short Survey

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