Gene expression for LH receptor, 17α-hydroxylase and StAR in the theca interna of preantral and early antral follicles in the bovine ovary

Reproduction

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-461

  Braw Tal, R ^a   Roth, Z ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; THECA CELL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OOCYTES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; THECA CELLS;

EID: 17444374291     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00464     Document Type: Article

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