Overactivation of hedgehog signaling alters development of the ovarian vasculature in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ren, Yi ^a   Cowan, Robert G ^a   Migone, Fernando F ^a   Quirk, Susan M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicular development; Ovary; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; HHIP PROTEIN; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; SMO PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MUTANT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; ANOVULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAPILLARY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANOVULATION; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MICE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84863502126     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.099176     Document Type: Article

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