Microarray analysis of mRNA from cumulus cells following in vivo or in vitro maturation of mouse cumulus-oocyte complexes

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 426-438

  Kind, Karen L ^a,b   Banwell, Kelly M ^a   Gebhardt, Kathryn M ^a   MacPherson, Anne ^a   Gauld, Ashley ^a   Russell, Darryl L ^a   Thompson, Jeremy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affymetrix; gene expression; haemoglobin.

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HEMOGLOBIN A; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CUMULUS CELL; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CUMULUS CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEMOGLOBIN A; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OOCYTES; OXYGEN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84873809581     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11305     Document Type: Article

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