Effect of FSH and LH hormones on oocyte maturation of buffalo and gene expression analysis of their receptors and Cx43 in maturing oocytes

Zygote

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-234

  Pandey, Alok ^a   Gupta, S C ^a   Gupta, Neelam ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Cx43; FSH; LH

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, FSH; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 78049247948     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096719940999030X     Document Type: Article

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