Thymosins β-4 and β-10 are expressed in bovine ovarian follicles and upregulated in cumulus cells during meiotic maturation

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1206-1221

  Salhab, Mohamad ^a   Papillier, Pascal ^a   Perreau, Christine ^a   Guyader Joly, Catherine ^b   Dupont, Joelle ^a   Mermillod, Pascal ^a   Uzbekova, Svetlana ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b UNCEIA Union Nationale des Cooperatives d'Elevage et d'Insemination Animale   (France)

Author keywords

cow; ovary

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; DIGOXIGENIN; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; F ACTIN; HYALURONAN SYNTHASE 2 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECOGNITION PROTEIN; THYMOSIN BETA10; THYMOSIN BETA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUMULUS CELL; CYTOPLASM; GENE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEIOSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRESS FIBER; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; CUMULUS CELLS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MEIOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; THYMOSIN; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 77957737514     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD10015     Document Type: Article

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