Evidence of melatonin synthesis in the cumulus oocyte complexes and its role in enhancing oocyte maturation in vitro in cattle

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 250-262

  El Raey, Mohamed ^a,b   Geshi, Masaya ^a   Somfai, Tamás ^a   Kaneda, Masahiro ^a   Hirako, Makoto ^a   Abdel Ghaffar, Alaa E ^b   Sosa, Gamal A ^b   El Roos, Mahmoud E A Abou ^b   Nagai, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Benha University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ACETYLSEROTONIN O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CUMULUS CELLS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; MELATONIN; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 79954999820     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21295     Document Type: Article

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