RALDH2, the enzyme for retinoic acid synthesis, mediates meiosis initiation in germ cells of the female embryonic chickens

Amino Acids

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 405-412

  Yu, Minli ^a   Yu, Ping ^a   Leghari, Imdad H ^a   Ge, Chutian ^a   Mi, Yuling ^a   Zhang, Caiqiao ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chicken; Meiosis initiation; Ovary; RALDH2; Retinoic acid; shRNA interference

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RETINALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 2; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP26B1 GENE; DISRUPTED MEIOTIC CDNA 1 HOMOLOGUE GENE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GERM CELL; MARKER GENE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; RETINALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 2 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULATED BY RETINOIC ACID GENE 8 GENE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX PROTEIN 3 GENE; UPREGULATION; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MEIOSIS; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; TRETINOIN;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84876351654     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1343-6     Document Type: Article

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