Overexpression of mouse follistatin causes reproductive defects in transgenic mice

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 96-106

  Guo, Qiuxia ^a   Kumar, T Rajendra ^a   Woodruff, Teresa ^b   Hadsell, Louise A ^a   Demayo, Francesco J ^a   Matzuk, Martin M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CLEFT PALATE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031941395     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.12.1.0053     Document Type: Article

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