Molecular cloning of porcine growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF-9) cDNA and its role in early folliculogenesis: Direct ovarian injection of GDF-9 gene fragments promotes early folliculogenesis

Reproduction

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 537-543

  Shimizu, Takashi ^a   Miyahayashi, Yasunori ^a   Yokoo, Masaki ^a   Hoshino, Yumi ^a   Sasada, Hiroshi ^a   Sato, Eimei ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; MICROINJECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; INJECTIONS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SWINE;

BOVINAE; OVIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 12344283011     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00224     Document Type: Article

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