Isolation of chicken homolog of the FOXL2 gene and comparison of its expression patterns with those of aromatase during ovarian development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 231, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 859-870

  Govoroun, Marina S ^a   Pannetier, Maëlle ^b   Pailhoux, Eric ^b   Cocquet, Julie ^c   Brillard, Jean Pierre ^a   Couty, Isabelle ^a   Batellier, Florence ^a   Cotinot, Corinne ^b  

^a STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c INRA Centre de Tours ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Chicken embryo; Follicles; FOXL2; Ovary; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; FOXL2 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GONAD; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OPEN READING FRAME; OVARY CELL; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GOATS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144352827     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20189     Document Type: Article

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