Role of oocyte-specific genes in the development of mammalian embryos

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-182

  Minami, Naojiro ^a   Tsukamoto, Satoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Maternal effect gene; Oocyte specific gene; Oog1; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BIOINFORMATICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; KNOCKOUT GENE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; ZYGOTE;

EID: 33746932472     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2006.00139.x     Document Type: Review

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