The mouse germ-cell-specific leucine-rich repeat protein NALP14: A member of the NACHT nucleoside triphosphatase family

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 879-889

  Horikawa, Michiharu ^a,b   Kirkman, Nikki J ^a   Mayo, Kelley E ^a,c   Mulders, Sabine M ^a,d   Zhou, Jian ^a,e   Bondy, Carolyn A ^a,e   Hsu, Sheau Yu Teddy ^a,f   King, Gretchen J ^a   Adashi, Eli Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Germ cell; Leucine rich repeat; Meiosis; NACHT; Oocyte; Ovary; Primary follicles

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; LEUCINE; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN MATER; PROTEIN NACHT; PROTEIN NALP14; PROTEIN RNH2; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOSIDE-TRIPHOSPHATASE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

EID: 15544379483     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.033753     Document Type: Article

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