Onset of meiosis in the chicken embryo; evidence of a role for retinoic acid

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Smith, Craig A ^a   Roeszler, Kelly N ^a   Bowles, Josephine ^b   Koopman, Peter ^b   Sinclair, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN STRA8; RALDH2 ENZYME; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOIC ACID; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX PROTEIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME P 450 CYP26B1; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP26B1; CYTOCHROME P450;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRETINOIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 53649097243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-8-85     Document Type: Article

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