Spatial localization of EGF family ligands and receptors in the zebrafish ovarian follicle and their expression profiles during folliculogenesis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-407

  Tse, Anna Chung Kwan ^a   Ge, Wei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activin; EGF like peptides; EGFR; Ovary; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; BETACELLULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FOLLISTATIN; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; LIGAND;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GROWTH CURVE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIGANDS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77953359776     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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