Current methods in investigating the development of the female reproductive system

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 550, Issue , 2009, Pages 137-157

  Devine, Patrick J ^a   Hoyer, Patricia B ^b   Keating, Aileen F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

follicle; immunohistochemistry; in vitro culture; methodology; microarray analysis; Ovary; quantitative RT PCR; reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVARY; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 69849097989     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-009-0_8     Document Type: Article

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