Stability of housekeeping genes and expression of locally produced growth factors and hormone receptors in goat preantral follicles

Zygote

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-83

  Frota, Isana M A ^a   Leitão, Cintia C F ^a   Costa, José J N ^a   Brito, Ivina R ^b   Van Den Hurk, Robert ^c   Silva, José R V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Goat; Growth factors; Housekeeping genes; Hypophyseal hormone receptors; mRNA; Ovarian follicles

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 6; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 6; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GOATS; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RNA, MESSENGER; TUBULIN;

CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 79952994322     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199410000080     Document Type: Article

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