Lanosterol 14α-demethylase expression in the mouse ovary and its participation in cumulus-enclosed oocyte spontaneous meiotic maturation in vitro

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1156-1164

  Wang, Chao ^a   Xie, Huirong ^a   Song, Xiaoming ^a   Ning, Gang ^a   Yan, Jun ^a   Chen, Xiufen ^a   Xu, Baoshan ^a   Ouyang, Hong ^a   Xia, Guoliang ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Follicle fluid meiosis activating sterol; Lanosterol 14 demethylase expression; Mouse; Spontaneous oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; AZALANSTAT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GONADOTROPIN; LANOSTEROL 14 ALPHA-DEMETHYLASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; STEROL; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE; SULFIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; MEIOSIS; MICE; OOCYTES; OVARY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEROLS; SULFIDES;

EID: 33747189743     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.01.065     Document Type: Article

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