The pre-ovulatory luteinizing hormone surge is followed by down-regulation of CYP19A1, HSD3B1, and CYP17A1 and chromatin condensation of the corresponding promoters in bovine follicles

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1040-1048

  Nimz, Marika ^a   Spitschak, Marion ^a   Fürbass, Rainer ^a   Vanselow, Jens ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CYP17A1 GENE; CYP19A1 GENE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HSD3B1 GENE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THECA CELL;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN-REGULATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 78650488830     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21257     Document Type: Article

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