Kit system in the zebrafish ovary: Evidence for functional divergence of two isoforms of kit (kita and kitb) and kit ligand (kitlga and kitlgb) during folliculogenesis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1216-1226

  Yao, Kai ^a   Ge, Wei ^a,b  

^a Department of Biology   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Follicle; Kit; Kit ligand; Ovary; Stem cell factor; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUPLICATE GENE; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMINAL VESICLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTENY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, DUPLICATE; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STEM CELL FACTOR; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953817119     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.082644     Document Type: Article

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