Investigation of peripubertal expression of Lin28a and Lin28b in C57BL/6 female mice

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-248

  Grieco, Anthony ^a,b   Rzeczkowska, Paulina ^a,b   Alm, Christina ^a   Palmert, Mark R ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis; Lin28a; Lin28b; Puberty

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN LIN28A; PROTEIN LIN28B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LET 7A GENE; LET 7B GENE; LIN28A GENE; LIN28B GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84871361218     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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