Kit ligand and basic fibroblast growth factor interactions in the induction of ovarian primordial to primary follicle transition

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 19-25

  Nilsson, Eric E ^a   Skinner, Michael K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bFGF; Cell cell interactions; Granulosa cell; Growth factors; KL; Oocyte; Ovary; Primordial follicle

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; GRANULOSA CELL; INTESTINE CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MEASUREMENT; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 1142285514     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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