Effect of growth hormone on steroid content, proliferation and apoptosis in the chicken ovary during sexual maturation

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 191-202

  Hrabia, Anna ^a   Sechman, Andrzej ^a   Gertler, Arieh ^b   Rząsa, Janusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chicken; Growth hormone; Ovary; Proliferation; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 80955177529     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1187-5     Document Type: Article

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