The activin receptor-like kinase 6 Booroola mutation enhances suppressive effects of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2), BMP4, BMP6 and growth and differentiation factor-9 on FSH release from ovine primary pituitary cell cultures

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-261

  Young, Julia M ^a   Juengel, Jennifer L ^b   Dodds, Kenneth G ^c   Laird, Mhairi ^e   Dearden, Peter K ^a   McNeilly, Alan S ^e   McNatty, Kenneth P ^d   Wilson, Theresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 6; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 1B; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HOMOZYGOTE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MUTATION; OVULATION; PITUITARY GLAND; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 39749202781     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-07-0148     Document Type: Article

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