New approach to in situ quantification of ovarian gene expression in rat using a laser microdissection technique: Relationship between follicle types and regulation of inhibin-α and cytochrome P450aromatase genes in the rat ovary

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 735-741

  Sakurada, Yosuke ^a   Shirota, Mariko ^a,b   Inoue, Kaoru ^a   Uchida, Naohiro ^a   Shirota, Kinji ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HATANO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Follicular development; Granulosa cells; Inhibin; Laser microdissection

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; INHIBIN; INHIBIN ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER MICRODISSECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELLS; INHIBINS; LASERS; MICRODISSECTION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RATS;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33845437514     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-006-0205-2     Document Type: Article

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