Differential expression of mRNAs encoding the putative inhibin co-receptor (betaglycan) and activin type-I and type-II receptors in preovulatory and prehierarchical follicles of the laying hen ovary

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-249

  Lovell, T M ^a   Knight, P G ^a   Gladwell, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 1; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2B; BETA GLYCAN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INHIBIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GRANULOSA CELL; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE STRATUM GRANULOSUM; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; THECA CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; GRANULOSA CELLS; INHIBINS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROTEOGLYCANS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RNA, MESSENGER; THECA CELLS;

EID: 33244468804     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06525     Document Type: Article

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