Regulation of the female mouse germ cell cycle during entry into meiosis

Cell Cycle

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 408-418

  Miles, Denise C ^a   Van Den Bergen, Jocelyn A ^a   Sinclair, Andrew H ^a   Western, Patrick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ATM; ATR; Chk1; Chk2; Cyclin B; Germ cells; Meiosis

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; CYCLIN B1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROPHASE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 74949118570     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.2.10691     Document Type: Article

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