Hypothalamic dysregulation and infertility in mice lacking the homeodomain protein Six6

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 426-438

  Larder, Rachel ^a   Clark, Daniel D ^a   Miller, Nichol L G ^a   Mellon, Pamela L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN SIX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78651492371     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1688-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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