The ovary knows more than you think! New views on clock genes and the positive feedback control of luteinizing hormone

Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3029-3030

  Ball, Gregory F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; OVULATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34347260293     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0570     Document Type: Short Survey

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