Activin A selectively represses expression of the membrane-bound isoform of Kit ligand in human fetal ovary

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1416-1419

  Childs, Andrew J ^a   Anderson, Richard A ^b  

^a MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE; GENE REPRESSION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KITLG GENE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOMATIC CELL;

ACTIVINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; STEM CELL FACTOR; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349469413     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.095     Document Type: Article

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