An essential role for C/EBPβ in female reproduction

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2153-2162

  Sterneck, Esta ^a   Tessarollo, Lino ^b   Johnson, Peter F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ADVANCED BIOSCIENCE LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

C EBP knockout; Corpus luteum; Female reproduction; Granulosa cells; Ovary; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030987656     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.17.2153     Document Type: Article

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