The CCCH tandem zinc-finger protein Zfp36l2 is crucial for female fertility and early embryonic development

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4883-4893

  Ramos, Silvia B V ^a   Stumpo, Deborah J ^a   Kennington, Elizabeth A ^a   Phillips, Ruth S ^a   Bock, Cheryl B ^b   Ribeiro Neto, Fernando ^a   Blackshear, Perry J ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CCCH tandem zinc finger proteins; Early embryonic development; Female fertility

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENE DELETION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CHIMERA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EXONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INTRONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARY; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRISTETRAPROLIN; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FALLOPIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 7244254455     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01336     Document Type: Article

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