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A unique preovulatory expression pattern plays a key role in the physiological functions of BMP-15 in the mouse.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 11 Jul 2006
Yoshino Osamu, McMahon Heather E, Sharma Shweta, Shimasaki Shunichi
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP-15) gene cause female infertility in the monoovulatory human and sheep; however, in the polyovulatory mouse, loss-of-function of BMP-15 results only in reduced ovulation rate. To elucidate the cause of these species-specific differences, we investigated the functional role of BMP-15 in the mouse ovary. Here, we found that the functional mature form of BMP-15 is...
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