Expression and function of growth differentiation factor-9 in an oviparous species, Gallus domesticus

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1095-1100

  Johnson, P A ^a   Dickens, M J ^a   Kent, T R ^a   Giles, J R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle; Granulosa cells; Growth factors; Ovary

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GLYCOSYLATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HEN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 17444412636     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.036822     Document Type: Article

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