Kit ligand and c-Kit have diverse roles during mammalian oogenesis and folliculogenesis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 61-69

  Hutt, K J ^a   McLaughlin, Eileen A ^b   Holland, M K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

C kit; Folliculogenesis; Kit ligand; Ovary; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; THECA CELL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645550539     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal010     Document Type: Review

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