The RHOX homeobox gene cluster is selectively expressed in human oocytes and male germ cells

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1635-1646

  Song, H W ^a   Anderson, R A ^b   Bayne, R A ^b   Gromoll, J ^c   Shimasaki, S ^a   Chang, R J ^a   Parast, M M ^a   Laurent, L C ^a   De Rooij, D G ^d   Hsieh, T C ^a   Wilkinson, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

homeobox gene cluster; oogenesis; ovary; spermatogenesis; testis

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RHOXF1 PROTEIN; RHOXF2 PROTEIN; RHOXF2B PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RHOXF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RHOXF2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OOCYTE; OVARY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOX HOMEOBOX GENE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOZOON;

MUS; RATTUS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OOCYTES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84878303206     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det043     Document Type: Article

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