Formation of ovarian follicular fluid may be due to the osmotic potential of large glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans

Reproduction

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-131

  Clarke, Hannah G ^a,b   Hope, Sarah A ^c   Byers, Sharon ^a,d   Rodgers, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; COLLAGENASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARANASE; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIDASE; PROTEINASE K; PROTEOGLYCAN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; VERSICAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STROMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DIALYSIS; DIGESTION; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYMES; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; OSMOSIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROTEOGLYCANS;

BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 33746392955     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00960     Document Type: Article

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