Impaired Nipple Development and Parturition in LGR7 Knockout Mice

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 687-696

  Krajnc Franken, Magda A M ^a   Van Disseldorp, Ad J M ^a   Koenders, Jasper E ^a   Mosselman, Sietse ^a   Van Duin, Marcel ^a   Gossen, Jan A ^a  

^a NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; LGR7 RECEPTOR; RELAXIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE FUNCTION; HISTOGENESIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NIPPLE; NIPPLE DEVELOPMENT; NIPPLE MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; SPERMATOGENESIS; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERVICAL RIPENING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE TARGETING; LAC OPERON; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NIPPLES; PARTURITION; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347986674     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.2.687-696.2004     Document Type: Article

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