An overview of gene expression dynamics during early ovarian folliculogenesis: Specificity of follicular compartments and bi-directional dialog

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bonnet, Agnes ^a,b   Cabau, Cedric ^c   Bouchez, Olivier ^a,b   Sarry, Julien ^a,b   Marsaud, Nathalie ^a,d,e,f   Foissac, Sylvain ^a,b   Woloszyn, Florent ^a,b   Mulsant, Philippe ^a,b   Mandon Pepin, Beatrice ^g  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ENVT   (France)

^c STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Early folliculogenesis; Granulosa cells; Microdissection; Molecular dialog; Oocyte; RNA seq; Sheep; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRANULOSA CELL; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; OOCYTES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84890406941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-904     Document Type: Article

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