Retinoic acid signalling and the control of meiotic entry in the human fetal gonad

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Childs, Andrew J ^a   Cowan, Gillian ^a   Kinnell, Hazel L ^a   Anderson, Richard A ^a   Saunders, Philippa T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2; CYTOCHROME P450; PROTEIN CYP26B1; PROTEIN NANOS2; PROTEIN STRA8; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 1; RETINALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 3; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOCHROME P 450 CYP26B1; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP26B1; PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; STRA8 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; GESTATION PERIOD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; MEIOSIS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN METABOLISM; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 79958035186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020249     Document Type: Article

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