A novel role of luteinizing hormone in the embryo development in cocultures

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1455-1462

  Mishra, S ^a   Lei, Z M ^a   Rao, Ch V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early development; Embryo; Human chrionic gonadotropin; Luteinizing hormone; Oviduct

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LASER MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, LH;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; FALLOPIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037378824     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.011874     Document Type: Article

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