Nitric oxide: A possible mediator of ovulation and postovulatory follicle regression in chicken

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 351-357

  Sundaresan, N R ^a,b   Saxena, V K ^a   Sastry, K V H ^a   Anish, D ^a,b   Saxena, M ^b   Nagarajan, K ^b   Ahmed, K A ^a  

^a CENTRAL AVIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chicken; iNOS; Nitric oxide; Ovulation; Postovulatory follicle

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVIPOSITION; OVULATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34547115725     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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