Oocytes in sheep homozygous for a mutation in bone morphogenetic protein receptor 1B express lower mRNA levels of bone morphogenetic protein 15 but not growth differentiation factor 9

Reproduction

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-61

  Crawford, Janet L ^a   Heath, Derek A ^a   Reader, Karen L ^b   Quirke, Laurel D ^b   Hudson, Norma L ^a   Juengel, Jennifer L ^b   McNatty, Kenneth P ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 1B; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CUMULUS CELL; GENOTYPE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; CELLS, CULTURED; CUMULUS CELLS; CYCLIC AMP; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GRANULOSA CELLS; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; HOMOZYGOTE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUTANT PROTEINS; OOCYTES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79960441896     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0485     Document Type: Article

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