Cumulus and granulosa cell markers of oocyte and embryo quality

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 979-997

  Uyar, Asli ^a   Torrealday, Saioa ^a   Seli, Emre ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; BETACELLULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOCHROME C1; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; EPHRIN B2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIREGULIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; HYALURONIC ACID SYNTHASE 2; HYPOCALCIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PENTRAXIN 3; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; STANNIOCALCIN 2; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BIOINFORMATICS; CELL INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CUMULUS CELL; DNA CONTAMINATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CUMULUS CELLS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKERS; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84876357442     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.01.129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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