Potential involvement of EGF-like growth factors and phosphodiesterases in initiation of equine oocyte maturation

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 187-192

  Lindbloom, S M ^a   Farmerie, T A ^a   Clay, C M ^a   Seidel Jr , G E ^a   Carnevale, E M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphiregulin; Epiregulin; Equine; Oocyte maturation; Phosphodiesterase

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIREGULIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HORSES; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 36048959872     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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