Zona pellucida components are present in human fetal ovary before follicle formation

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 10-15

  Törmälä, Reeta Maria ^a,b   Jääskeläinen, Minna ^a,b   Lakkakorpi, Jouni ^b,c   Liakka, Annikki ^a   Tapanainen, Juha S ^a,b   Vaskivuo, Tommi E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FAMILY FEDERATION OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fetal ovary; FIGLA; Folliculogenesis; ZP1; ZP3

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN ZP 1; GLYCOPROTEIN ZP 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 45049085402     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.01.029     Document Type: Article

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