Oocyte-dependent activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (ERK1/2) in cumulus cells is required for the maturation of the mouse oocyte-cumulus cell complex

Developmental Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 126-138

  Su, You Qiang ^a   Denegre, James M ^a   Wigglesworth, Karen ^a   Pendola, Frank L ^a   O'Brien, Marilyn J ^a   Eppig, John J ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; HAS2 GENE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTGS GENE;

EID: 0142042874     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00437-8     Document Type: Article

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