Expression profiles and chromosomal localization of genes controlling meiosis and follicular development in the sheep ovary

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 985-995

  Mandon Pépin, Béatrice ^a   Oustry Vaiman, Anne ^a   Vigier, Bernard ^a   Piumi, François ^a   Cribiu, Edmond ^a   Cotinot, Corinne ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Follicular development; Meiosis; Ovary; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 1B; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; PROTEIN BOULE; PROTEIN DAZL; PROTEIN DIAPH2; PROTEIN DMC1; PROTEIN FOXL2; PROTEIN MSH4; PROTEIN MSH5; PROTEIN OVOL1; PROTEIN SIAH2; SPO11 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME XQ; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; MALE; MEIOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEIOSIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SHEEP; TESTIS;

FALLOPIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037369762     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.008557     Document Type: Article

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