Formation of the ovarian follicular antrum and follicular fluid

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1021-1029

  Rodgers, Raymond J ^a   Irving Rodgers, Helen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Follicular antrum; Follicular fluid; Hyaluronan; Inter trypsin inhibitor; Proteoglycan; Versican

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID; INTER ALPHA TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; VERSICAN;

CELL DEATH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CROSS LINKING; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPOTHESIS; OOCYTE; OSMOSIS; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY FOLLICLE STRATUM GRANULOSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHORT SURVEY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ALPHA-GLOBULINS; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; CATTLE; CELL MOVEMENT; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MICE; OOCYTES; OSMOSIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; RATS; VERSICANS;

EID: 77953849406     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.082941     Document Type: Short Survey

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