Spatial Distribution and Receptor Specificity of Zebrafish Kit System - Evidence for a Kit-Mediated Bi-Directional Communication System in the Preovulatory Ovarian Follicle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Yao, Kai ^a   Ge, Wei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; KITA GENE; KITB GENE; KTLGA GENE; KTLGB GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVULATION; PREOVULATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHO CELLS; COS CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEM CELL FACTOR; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84873627206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056192     Document Type: Article

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