Primordial follicle activation and follicular development in the juvenile rabbit ovary

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 326, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 809-822

  Hutt, Karla J ^a,d   McLaughlin, Eileen A ^b,e   Holland, Michael K ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folliculogenesis; Primordial follicle; Proliferating cell nuclear antigen; Rabbit (New Zealand White); Zona pellucida B protein

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CYCLINE; MOLECULAR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONA PELLUCIDA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; GRANULOSA CELL; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY CELL CULTURE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33751244553     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0223-3     Document Type: Article

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