Female infertility due to anovulation and defective steroidogenesis in NPC2 deficient mice

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 315, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 299-307

  Busso, D ^a,b   Onate Alvarado M J ^a   Balboa, E ^b   Zanlungo, S ^b   Moreno, R D ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Female fertility; NPC2; Ovary; Ovulation; Steroids

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; NIEMANN PICK C2 PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANOVULATION; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LUTEINIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARY; STEROIDS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 71849085133     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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