Oestrogen formation and connective tissue growth factor expression in rat granulosa cells

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-52

  Harlow, Christopher R ^a   Bradshaw, Angela C ^a   Rae, Michael T ^a   Shearer, Kirsty D ^a   Hillier, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; FULVESTRANT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CELLS, CULTURED; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33947366054     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06689     Document Type: Article

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