Genetically modified mouse models for premature ovarian failure (POF)

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 315, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Jagarlamudi, Krishna ^a   Reddy, Pradeep ^a   Adhikari, Deepak ^a   Liu, Kui ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Follicular development; Mouse models; Ovary; Premature ovarian failure (POF)

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CONNEXIN 37; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYTOPLASMIC POLYADENYLATION ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP G PROTEIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; NOGGIN; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE PIN1; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN MUTL; PROTEIN MUTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMENORRHEA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME DELETION X; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DNA MODIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 71849098038     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.07.016     Document Type: Review

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