Effects of gonadotrophins, growth hormone, and activin a on enzymatically isolated follicle growth, oocyte chromatin organization, and steroid secretion

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-96

  Ola, Safiriyu Idowu ^a,b   Ai, Jun Shu ^a   Liu, Jing He ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Wang, Zhen Bo ^a   Chen, Da Yuan ^a   Sun, Qing Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Activin A; Follicle culture; Gonadotrophins; Growth hormone; Oocyte chromatin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; COLLAGEN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ISOLATION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; STEROID RELEASE; SUPPLEMENTATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS; GROWTH HORMONE; MICE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

EID: 36849072028     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20762     Document Type: Article

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