Cumulus cell gene expression following the LH surge in bovine preovulatory follicles: Potential early markers of oocyte competence

Reproduction

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 835-852

  Assidi, Mourad ^a   Dieleman, Steph J ^b   Sirard, Marc André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CUMULUS CELL; DEVELOPMENTAL, AGE AND GROWTH PARAMETERS; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERMINAL VESICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE COMPETENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

BOVINAE;

EID: 78650206090     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0248     Document Type: Article

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