Formation of primordial follicles and immunolocalization of PTEN, PKB and FOXO3A proteins in the ovaries of fetal and neonatal pigs

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 162-168

  Ding, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^a   Zhou, Bo ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Huang, Pan ^a   Shi, Fangxiong ^a   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^c,d  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Polytechnic College of Agriculture and Forestry   (China)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FOXO3A; Ovary; Pig; Primordial follicle; PTEN

Indexed keywords

3 PHOSPHOINOSITIDE DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; 3-PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; GRANULOSA CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 77649292565     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.09-094H     Document Type: Article

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