Nlrp2, a maternal effect gene required for early embryonic development in the mouse

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Peng, Hui ^a   Chang, Bohao ^a   Lu, Chenglong ^a   Su, Jianmin ^a   Wu, Yongyan ^a   Lv, Pin ^a   Wang, Yongsheng ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Zhang, Bowei ^a   Quan, Fusheng ^a   Guo, Zekun ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LEUCINE RICH REPEAT AND PYRIN DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NLRP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC ARREST; EMBRYOPATHY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LEUCINE RICH REPEAT AND PYRIN DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 2 GENE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TIME; ZYGOTE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MICE; OOCYTES; PARTHENOGENESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84856289743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030344     Document Type: Article

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