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Oocyte-Specific Overexpression of Mouse Bone Morphogenetic Protein-15 Leads to Accelerated Folliculogenesis and an Early Onset of Acyclicity in Transgenic Mice
28 Feb 2008
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Whereas mutations in the bmp15 gene cause infertility in ewes and women due to defects in folliculogenesis, most defects in female mice lacking bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-15 are confined to the ovulation process, supportive of the observation that functional mouse BMP-15 is barely detected in oocytes in vivo until after the LH surge. In addition, the mouse BMP-15 proprotein is not processed into the...
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