Oocyte-specific genes regulate follicle formation, fertility and early mouse development

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 171-180

  Dean, Jurrien ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

BHLH transcription factors; Fertilization; Folliculogenesis; Maternal effect genes; Oocyte specific gene expression; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MEIOSIS; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA DEGRADATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EGG PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036271829     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(01)00100-0     Document Type: Article

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