Female mice carrying a ubiquitin promoter-Insl3 transgene have descended ovaries and inguinal hernias but normal fertility

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 159-166

  Koskimies, Pasi ^a   Suvanto, Milla ^a   Nokkala, Elina ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo T ^a   McLuskey, Anke ^b   Themmen, Axel P N ^b   Poutanen, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gonadal descent; Gubernaculum; Hernia inguinalis; Insulin like factor; Ovarian ligament; Relaxin like factor; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COILED BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INGUINAL HERNIA; LIGAMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; INSULIN; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OVARY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS; TRANSGENES; UBIQUITIN; UTERUS;

EID: 0042433310     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(02)00425-2     Document Type: Article

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