Role of PCSK5 expression in mouse ovarian follicle development: Identification of the inhibin α- and β-subunits as candidate substrates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Antenos, Monica ^a,b,c   Lei, Lei ^a,b   Xu, Min ^a,b   Malipatil, Anjali ^a,b   Kiesewetter, Sarah ^a,b   Woodruff, Teresa K ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FURIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN ALPHA; INHIBIN B; MESSENGER RNA; OVARY PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 5; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 6; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 7; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIVIN; INHIBIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; INHIBIN-ALPHA SUBUNIT; PCSK6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PCSK7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROPEPTIDE CONVERTASE 5, MOUSE; SUBTILISIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OVARY FOLLICLE;

MURINAE;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FURIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; INHIBINS; MICE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 5; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUBTILISINS;

EID: 79952421669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017348     Document Type: Article

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