Effects of endogenous growth differentiation factor 9 on activin A-induced inhibin B production in human granulosa-lutein cells

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5108-5116

  Shi, Feng Tao ^a   Cheung, Anthony P ^a   Huang, He Feng ^b   Leung, Peter C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN B; MESSENGER RNA; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUTEAL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 73249145670     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1047     Document Type: Article

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