Steady-state level of kit ligand mRNA in goat ovaries and the role of kit ligand in preantral follicle survival and growth in vitro

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-240

  Celestino, Juliana J H ^a   Bruno, Jamily B ^a   Lima Verde, Isabel B ^a   Matos, Maria Helena T ^a   Saraiva, Márcia Viviane A ^a   Chaves, Roberta N ^a   Martins, Fabricio S ^a   Almeida, Anderson P ^a   Cunha, Rodrigo M S ^c   Lima, Laritza F ^a   Name, Khesller P O ^b   Campello, Claudio C ^a   Silva, José Roberto V ^c   Báo, Sônia N ^b   Figueiredo, José Ricardo ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; GOAT; GRANULOSA CELL; GROWTH; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEADY STATE; SURVIVAL; THECA CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GOATS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RNA, MESSENGER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STEM CELL FACTOR; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 76649144466     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21138     Document Type: Article

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