Expression analysis of the NLRP gene family suggests a role in human preimplantation development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Pu ^a   Dixon, Morag ^a   Zucchelli, Marco ^a   Hambiliki, Fredwell ^b,c   Levkov, Lev ^b   Hovatta, Outi ^b   Kere, Juha ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LEUCINE RICH REPEAT AND PYRIN DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN NLRP; PROTEIN NLRP11; PROTEIN NLRP12; PROTEIN NLRP13; PROTEIN NLRP14; PROTEIN NLRP4; PROTEIN NLRP5; PROTEIN NLRP7; PROTEIN NLRP8; PROTEIN NLRP9; PRIMER DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GAMETE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PHYLOGENY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLASTOCYST; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; BLASTOCYST; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50249187691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002755     Document Type: Article

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