Intra-ovarian roles of activins and inhibins

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 359, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 53-65

  Knight, Phil G ^a   Satchell, Leanne ^a   Glister, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activin; Corpus luteum; Follicle; Follistatin; Inhibin; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 1; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; INHIBIN; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 3;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; APOPTOSIS; ATRESIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOKINESIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEOLYSIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THECA CELL;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84861680332     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.04.024     Document Type: Review

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