KIT signaling regulates primordial follicle formation in the neonatal mouse ovary

Developmental Biology

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 186-197

  Jones, Robin L ^a,b   Pepling, Melissa E ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LYNCHBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst breakdown; Follicle formation; KIT signaling; Oocyte survival

Indexed keywords

KIT PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; FETUS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84884414941     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.06.030     Document Type: Article

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