Clocks underneath: The role of peripheral clocks in the timing of female reproductive physiology

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Sellix, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Clock gene; Fertility; Ovary; Oviduct; Pituitary gland; Reproduction; Uterus

Indexed keywords

11 ALPHA HYDROXYLASE; 3 (OR 17) BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; D ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; LIVER RECEPTOR HOMOLOG 1; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OXYGENASE; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROTEIN BMAL1; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIRTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS;

EID: 84884181012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00091     Document Type: Short Survey

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