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FSH REGULATES OOCYTE GROWTH BY MODULATION OF EXPRESSION OF OOCYTE AND GRANULOSA CELL FACTORS.
Author(s): Thomas, Fiona¹, Ethier, Jean-Francois¹, Vanderhyden, Barbara¹, ¹ University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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MOUSE OOCYTES EXPOSED TO RAISED ANDROGEN AND OESTROGEN LEVELS IN VITRO EXHIBIT INCREASED DNA METHYLATION.
Author(s): Swales, Anna¹, Spears, Norah¹, ¹ University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

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MOUSE OOCYTE-SECRETED FACTORS AND GDF-9 STIMULATE GRANULOSA CELL PROLIFERATION VIA BMPR-II AND ACTIVATE THE SMAD2/3 PATHWAY.
Author(s): Gilchrist, Robert¹, Ritter, Lesley¹, Myllymaa, Samu², Kaivo-Oja, Noora², Amato, Fred¹, Ritvos, Olli², Mottershead, David², ¹ University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia² University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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NONGENOMIC EFFECTS OF STEROIDS ON THE MATURATION OF MOUSE OOCYTES.
Author(s): Gill, Arvind¹, Jamnongjit, Michelle¹, Hammes, Stephen¹, ¹ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

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DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION OF THE REELIN SYSTEM IN THE MOUSE OVARY.
Author(s): Hennebold, Jon^{1, 2}, Murphy, Melinda¹, ¹ Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR² Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

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REGULATION OF LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN-RECEPTOR (LDL-R) PROMOTER BY BASIC TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELEMENTS IN PORCINE GRANULOSA-LUTEAL CELLS.
Author(s): Sekar, Natesampillai¹, Veldhuis, Johannes¹, ¹ Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

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EVIDENCE THAT COCAINE- AND AMPHETAMINE- REGULATED TRANSCRIPT (CART) IS A NOVEL INTRAOVARIAN REGULATOR OF FOLLICULAR ATRESIA.
Author(s): Kobayashi, Yass¹, Jimenez-Krassel, Fermin², Ireland, James^{2, 3}, Smith, George^{1, 3}, ¹ Laboratory of Mammalian Reproductive Biology and Genomics, East Lansing, MI² Molecular Reproductive Endocrinology Laboratory, East Lansing, MI³ Department of Physiology, East Lansing, MI

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THE POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINSAE-23 (MMP-23) ACTIVITY IN OVULATORY PROCESSES AND CONDITIONED SWITCHING OF ITS EXPRESSION DURING FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
Author(s): Ohnishi, Junji¹, Ohnishi, Eriko¹, Takahashi, Takayuki ¹, ¹ Dept. of Biological Sciences, Sapporo, Japan

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