Regulation of germ cell meiosis in the fetal ovary

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 10-12, 2012, Pages 779-787

  Spiller, Cassy M ^a   Bowles, Josephine ^a   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Germ cell; Meiosis; Ovary; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 26A1; CYTOCHROME P450 26B1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MEIOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARY; PREGNANCY; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84873709513     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.120142pk     Document Type: Article

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