A shift in steroidogenesis occurring in ovarian follicles prior to oocyte maturation

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 11-18

  Senthilkumaran, Balasubramanian ^a,b   Yoshikuni, Michiyasu ^a,b   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Ad4BP SF 1; CREB; Gametogenesis; Granulosa and thecal cells; Ovarian cytochrome P450 aromatase

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; 3ALPHA(OR 20BETA) HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GRANULOSA CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TELEOST; THECA CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; STEROIDS;

EID: 1542617041     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2003.11.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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