Secretion of cumulus expansion-enabling factor (CEEF) in porcine follicles

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-149

  Procházka, Radek ^a   Nagyová, Eva ^a   Brem, Gottfried ^b   Schellander, Karl ^b   Motlík, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cumulus; Expansion; Granulosa cells; Oocyte; Pig

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; GRANULOSA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MICE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 2642651131     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199802)49:2<141::AID-MRD5>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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