Gene bionetwork analysis of ovarian primordial follicle development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Nilsson, Eric E ^a   Savenkova, Marina I ^a   Schindler, Ryan ^a   Zhang, Bin ^b   Schadt, Eric E ^b   Skinner, Michael K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAGE BIONETWORKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77955394993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011637     Document Type: Article

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