Novel function of ovarian growth factors: Combined studies by DNA microarray, biochemical and physiological approaches

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 413-419

  Ben Ami, Ido ^a,b   Freimann, Sarit ^a   Armon, Leah ^a   Dantes, Ada ^a   Ron El, Raphael ^b   Amsterdam, Abraham ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amphiregulin; EGF like growth factors; Epiregulin; Metalloproteinase; Oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIREGULIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METALLOPROTEINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA CONVERTING ENZYME; VASCULOTROPIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL STIMULATION; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY CANCER; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; RODENT; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

RODENTIA;

EID: 33747885301     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal045     Document Type: Short Survey

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