The germ cell nuclear factor (GCNF)

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 550-556

  Zechel, Christina ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neurogenesis; Oogenesis; Spermatogenesis; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; GERM CELL NUCLEAR FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR FACTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 27144444319     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20377     Document Type: Short Survey

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