Characterization of a piRNA binding protein Miwi in mouse oocytes

Theriogenology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ding, Xiaofang ^a   Guan, Huangtao ^a,b   Li, Honggang ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Wuhan Tongji Reproductive Medicine Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Female; Folliculogenesis; Miwi; Oocyte; PiRNA

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 84873173643     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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