ADAMTS1 and versican: Partners in ovulation and fertilization

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 505-506

  Curry Jr , Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAMTS1 PROTEIN; VERSICAN;

FERTILIZATION; GONAD; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ADAM PROTEINS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MICE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; VERSICANS;

EID: 77957554395     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.087056     Document Type: Note

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