NANOS3 function in human germ cell development

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2238-2250

  Angeles Julaton, Vanessa T ^a   Reijo Pera, Renee A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BONE MORPHOGENIC PROTEIN 8B; MESSENGER RNA; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NANOS 1 GENE; NANOS 2 GENE; NANOS 3 GENE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATOR GENE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GERM CELLS; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOGENESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANURA; MUS;

EID: 79956043279     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr114     Document Type: Article

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