Expression and epigenetic dynamics of transcription regulator Lhx8 during mouse oogenesis

Gene

Volumn 506, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Zhang, Lian Jun ^a   Pan, Bo ^a,b   Chen, Bo ^a   Zhang, Xi Feng ^a,c   Liang, Gui Jin ^a   Feng, Yan Ni ^a   Wang, Lin Qing ^a   Ma, Jin Mei ^a   Li, Lan ^a   Shen, Wei ^a  

^a QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c WUHAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Follicle; Histone acetylation; Lhx8; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE H3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GERM CELL; HISTONE ACETYLATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUERPERIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84864516798     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.06.093     Document Type: Article

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