Identification of Genes Involved in Apoptosis and Dominant Follicle Development during Follicular Waves in Cattle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1475-1484

  Evans, A C O ^a   Ireland, J L H ^b   Winn, M E ^b   Lonergan, P ^a   Smith, G W ^b   Coussens, P M ^b   Ireland, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Estradiol; Follicle; Follicular development

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; AROMATASE; CASPASE; CASPASE 13; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; DELETED IN CANCER PROTEIN 1; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL RECEPTOR BETA; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN DRAK 2; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN MCL 1; PROTEIN P58; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GRANULOSA CELL; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE STRATUM GRANULOSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THECA CELL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKERS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 1942444411     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.025114     Document Type: Article

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