Relationship between growth hormone concentrations in bovine oocytes and follicular fluid and oocyte developmental competence

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-180

  Modina, Silvia ^a   Borromeo, V ^a   Luciano, A M ^a   Lodde, V ^a   Franciosi, F ^a   Secchi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cow; Growth hormone; Oocyte developmental competence

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MICRODENSITOMETRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GROWTH HORMONE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROGESTERONE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 35748939399     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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