Deconstructing mammalian reproduction: Using knockouts to define fertility pathways

Reproduction

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-219

  Roy, Angshumoy ^a   Matzuk, Martin M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; RECOMBINASE; SEX HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; WT1 PROTEIN;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MUTANT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FERTILITY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM LINE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERTILITY; KNOCKOUT GENE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33244475556     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00530     Document Type: Review

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