FIGα, a germ cell specific transcription factor involved in the coordinate expression of the zona pellucida genes

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 4939-4947

  Liang, Li Fang ^a   Soyal, Selma M ^a   Dean, Jurrien ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix transcription factor; FIG ; Mouse; Oocyte specific gene expression; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EGG PROTEIN; FIGLA PROTEIN, MOUSE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; T CELL FACTOR 3; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GERM CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031283061     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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