Expression of LH receptor mRNA splice variants in bovine granulosa cells: Changes with follicle size and regulation by FSH in vitro

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 680-686

  Nogueira, M F G ^a,c   Buratini Jr , J ^a   Price, C A ^b   Castilho, A C S ^a   Pinto, M G L ^a   Barros, C M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antral follicles; Bovine; Gene expression; Luteinizing hormone receptor; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; ISOPROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GRANULOSA CELLS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 34247552152     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20656     Document Type: Article

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