Genetics of ovulation

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 235-242

  Richards, JoAnne S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulus oocyte complex; Gene profiles function; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE 2; RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN 140; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; OVULATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OVULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34447271993     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-980217     Document Type: Review

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