Steroidogenesis and the influence of MAPK activity during in vitro maturation of porcine cumulus oocyte complexes

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 513-519

  Ebeling, S ^a   Topfer D ^a   Meinecke, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; 1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRILE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CUMULUS CELL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; TIME;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BUTADIENES; CELLS, CULTURED; CUMULUS CELLS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NITRILES; OOCYTES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

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EID: 79955670853     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2010.01699.x     Document Type: Article

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