Circadian rhythms and reproduction

Reproduction

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-392

  Boden, Michael J ^a   Kennaway, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASEIN KINASE I; CIRCADIAN LOCOMOTOR OUTPUT CYCLE KAPUT PROTEIN; CRYPTOCHROME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PER1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OOCYTE; OVARY FUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SHIFT WORKER; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UTERUS; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MAMMALS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33749513366     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00614     Document Type: Review

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