Intracellular signalling during female gametogenesis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 265-278

  Sobinoff, A P ^a   Sutherland, J M ^a   Mclaughlin, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activation; Akt and mTOR signalling; Oocyte maturation; Pi3k; Plc ; Primordial follicle; Zinc

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; 7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CYCLIN B1; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOINOSITIDE DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE 1; PROTEIN KINASE B; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; ZINC ION;

AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIGAND BINDING; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYSPERMY; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84876964007     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gas065     Document Type: Review

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