Circadian Clock mutation disrupts estrous cyclicity and maintenance of pregnancy

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1367-1373

  Miller, Brooke H ^a   Olson, Susan Losee ^a   Turek, Fred W ^a   Levine, Jon E ^a   Horton, Teresa H ^a   Takahashi, Joseph S ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; C57BL MOUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4143150775     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.07.055     Document Type: Article

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