Androgen receptor's destiny in mammalian oocytes: A new hypothesis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-154

  Li, Mo ^a,b   Schatten, Heide ^c   Sun, Qing Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Meiosis; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 61649103319     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gap006     Document Type: Review

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