Ovulation involves the luteinizing hormone- dependent activation of Gq/11 in granulosa cells

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1483-1491

  Breen, Shawn M ^a   Andric, Nebojsa ^a   Ping, Tai ^a   Xie, Fang ^b   Offermans, Stefan ^c   Gossen, Jan A ^d   Ascoli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; GERMINAL VESICLE; GRANULOSA CELL; LOXP SITE; LUTEINIZATION; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CUMULUS CELLS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELLS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVULATION; RECEPTORS, LH; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84883223482     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2013-1130     Document Type: Article

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