Identification of novel bovine cumulus cell molecular markers predictive of oocyte competence: Functional and diagnostic implications

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-309

  Bettegowda, Anilkumar ^a   Patel, Osman V ^a   Lee, Kyung Bon ^a   Park, Ki Eun ^a   Salem, Mohamed ^b   Yao, Jianbo ^b   Ireland, James J ^a   Smith, George W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Assisted reproductive technology; Cathepsins; Cumulus cells; Embryo; Oocyte quality

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN K; CATHEPSIN S; CATHEPSIN Z; CYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COW; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 48749099908     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.067223     Document Type: Article

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