Granulosa cell proliferation differentiation and its role in follicular development

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 2665-2671

  Lu, Cuiling ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Hu, Zhaoyuan ^a   Liu, Yixun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Differentiation; Granulosa cell; Oocyte; Proliferation; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749827975     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982005-983     Document Type: Review

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