Steroid receptor mRNA expression in the ovarian follicles of cows with cystic ovarian disease

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 478-485

  Alfaro, Natalia S ^a,b   Salvetti, Natalia R ^a,b   Velazquez, Melisa M ^a,b   Stangaferro, Matías L ^a   Rey, Florencia ^a,b   Ortega, Hugo H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cow; Ovarian cyst; Steroid receptors

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC OVARIAN DISEASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA GENE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GRANULOSA CELL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIAN FOLLICULAR STRUCTURE; OVARY; OVARY CYST; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THECA CELL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RECEPTORS, STEROID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84857258875     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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