Transient expression of SOX9 protein during follicular development in the adult mouse ovary

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 695-702

  Notarnicola, Cécile ^a   Malki, Safia ^a   Berta, Philippe ^b   Poulat, Francis ^a   Boizet Bonhoure, Brigitte ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^b Centre Universitaire de Formation et de Recherche de Nimes   (France)

Author keywords

Adult ovary; Follicular phase; Granulosa cells; Immunostaining; Quantitative RT PCR; SOX9; Theca cells

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THECA CELL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MICE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THECA CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746302043     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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