Computational modelling of bovine ovarian follicle development

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Iber, Dagmar ^a   Geyter, Christian De ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bovine; Computational biology; Ovarian follicle development; PDE model

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BIOCATALYSIS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INFERTILITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, SOMATOMEDIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84880093665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-7-60     Document Type: Article

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