Etiology of ovarian failure in blepharophimosis ptosis epicanthus inversus syndrome: FOXL2 is a conserved, early-acting gene in vertebrate ovarian development

Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3237-3243

  Loffler, Kelly A ^a   Zarkower, David ^b   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN; PROTEIN FOXL2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS PTOSIS EPICANTHUS INVERSUS SYNDROME; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHICKENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; OVUM; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TURTLES;

EID: 0038649161     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2002-0095     Document Type: Article

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