Oocytes determine cumulus cell lineage in mouse ovarian follicles

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1330-1340

  Diaz, Francisco J ^a   Wigglesworth, Karen ^a   Eppig, John J ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

FSH; Oocytes; Ovarian follicle; SMAD2 3

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GENE PRODUCT; INHIBITORY SMAD PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PENTRAXIN 3; PROTEIN HAS 2; PROTEIN PTGS 2; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE ACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; DIOXOLES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SMAD2 PROTEIN;

EID: 34249077706     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.000968     Document Type: Article

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