Expression of the orphan nuclear receptor, germ cell nuclear factor, in mouse gonads and preimplantation embryos

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 282-289

  Lan, Zi Jian ^a   Gu, Peili ^a   Xu, Xueping ^a   Cooney, Austin J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gametogenesis; Ovary; Spermatogenesis; Steroid hormone receptors; Testis

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOCYST; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARY; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037232778     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.008151     Document Type: Article

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