Origin of germ cells and formation of new primary follicles in adult human ovaries

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Bukovsky, Antonin ^a   Caudle, Michael R ^a   Svetlikova, Marta ^a   Upadhyaya, Nirmala B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; BALBIANI RING; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; GONAD; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEIOSIS; MESENCHYME CELL; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEM CELL; TISSUE GROWTH; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MESODERM; METABOLISM; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, THY-1; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

EID: 4344688026     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-2-20     Document Type: Review

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