Loss of inhibin alpha uncouples oocyte-granulosa cell dynamics and disrupts postnatal folliculogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 458-467

  Myers, Michelle ^a   Middlebrook, Brooke S ^a   Matzuk, Martin M ^a   Pangas, Stephanie A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Follicle; Folliculogenesis; Inhibin; Oocyte; Prepubertal mouse

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN ALPHA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; GROWTH CURVE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 70349316240     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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