Gonadotropin regulation of glutamate cysteine ligase catalytic and modifier subunit expression in rat ovary is subunit and follicle stage specific

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 289, Issue 3 52-3, 2005, Pages

  Tsai Turton, Miyun ^a   Luderer, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

glutamylcysteine synthetase; Glutathione; Preovulatory gonadotropin surge

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THECA CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 23944438362     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00531.2004     Document Type: Article

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