supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB947403);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31101705);the grant from Students Practice and Innovation Training Program of Jiangsu Province, China (JSS0909)
Recent reports have demonstrated that follicular atresia is initiated or caused by granulosa cell apoptosis followed by theca cell degeneration in mammalian ovaries, but the mechanism of follicular atresia is still to...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31101705);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (BK2010454);the Agricultural Science and Technology Independent Innovation Fund of Jiangsu Province, China (cx(09)116 and cx(11)1028)
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), which post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression by binding to the 3′untranslated region of mRNAs to either inhibit or enhance translation, are involved in diverse biological processes. The...