Identification of differentially expressed markers in human follicular cells associated with competent oocytes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1118-1127

  Hamel, Melanie ^a   Dufort, Isabelle ^a   Robert, Claude ^a   Gravel, Catherine ^a   Leveille, Marie Claude ^b   Leader, Arthur ^b   Sirard, Marc Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Ottawa Fertility Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competent oocyte; Follicle; Gene expression; Granulosa cells; Multiple pregnancies

Indexed keywords

3 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FERREDOXIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; DNA LIBRARY; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; INFORMED CONSENT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 44449091434     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den048     Document Type: Article

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