Ablation of the Sam68 gene impairs female fertility and gonadotropin-dependent follicle development

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 4886-4894

  Bianchi, Enrica ^a,b   Barbagallo, Federica ^a,b   Valeri, Claudia ^a   Geremia, Raffaele ^a   Salustri, Antonietta ^a   de Felici, Massimo ^a   Sette, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RESPONSE; LITTER SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAM68 GENE; SECOND MESSENGER; UPREGULATION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MICE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, GONADOTROPIN; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 78649455247     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq422     Document Type: Article

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