Cloning and expression of the zebrafish germ cell nuclear factor

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-375

  Braat, A K ^a,b   Zandbergen, M A ^a   De Vries, E ^a   Van Der Burg, B ^b   Bogerd, J ^a   Goos, H J Th ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GCNF; Germ line; Nuclear receptor; Ovary; Testis

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; GERM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; DANIO RERIO; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033033763     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199908)53:4<369::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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