Sex-specific gene expression during meiotic prophase I: Xlr (X linked, lymphocyte regulated), not its male homologue Xmr (Xlr related, meiosis regulated), is expressed in mouse oocytes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1646-1652

  Escalier, Denise ^a   Eloy, Laure ^a   Garchon, Henri Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Gametogenesis; Meiosis; Oocyte development; Ovary; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X LINKED LYMPHOCYTE REGULATED PROTEIN; XLR RELATED MEIOSIS REGULATED PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; XLR NUCLEAR PROTEIN, MOUSE; XLRL PROTEIN, HUMAN; XMR PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OOCYTES; OVARY; PROPHASE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0036838844     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.006973     Document Type: Article

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