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Stem cell factor (SCF)-kit mediated phosphatidylinositol 3 (PI3) kinase signaling during mammalian oocyte growth and early follicular development.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library - 1 Jan 2006
Liu Kui
Abstract excerpt
The bi-directional communication between mammalian oocytes and their surrounding granulosa cells has been shown to be crucial for ovarian follicular development. Studies on molecules derived from the oocytes, such as growth differentiation factor-9 (GDF-9) and bone morphogenetic protein-15 (BMP-15), have attracted great interest during the past decade, and it is common knowledge nowadays that these molecules...
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