Disruption of gap junctional communication within the ovarian follicle induces oocyte maturation

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2280-2286

  Sela Abramovich, Sagit ^a   Edry, Iris ^a   Galiani, Dalia ^a   Nevo, Nava ^a   Dekel, Nava ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; CARBENOXOLONE; CYCLIC AMP; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE III; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IIIA; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HYPOTHESIS; INCUBATION TIME; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

3',5'-CYCLIC-NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUTADIENES; CARBENOXOLONE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYCLIC AMP; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GRANULOSA CELLS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEIOSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITRILES; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645847861     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-1011     Document Type: Article

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