Molecular mechanisms regulating bovine ovarian follicular selection

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-366

  Liu, Zhilin ^a,c   Youngquist, Robert S ^a   Garverick, H Allen ^a   Antoniou, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Jackson Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN D; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CATHEPSIN H; CYCLIN B1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; CYCLINE; CYTOKERATIN 8; ESTRADIOL; FIBRILLIN 1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE A3; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M2; GLYPICAN; HISTONE H2A; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; I KAPPA B ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; KINESIN; LAMIN A; METALLOTHIONEIN II; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; POLO LIKE KINASE; POLO LIKE KINASE 4; SIALOADHESIN; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SYNDECAN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COW; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 65449126323     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20967     Document Type: Article

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