The novel porcine gene early growth response 4 (Egr4) is differentially expressed in the ovaries of Erhualian and Pietrain pigs

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 587-598

  Wang, Jingjing ^a   Zhao, Yongyan ^a   Gu, Kecui ^a   Yu, Ping ^a   Zhang, Baole ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Yang, Juanjuan ^a   Xu, Yinxue ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

microarray; reproductivity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 3; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SPLICING; DNA STRUCTURE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE 4 GENE; ERHUALIAN PIG; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRANULOSA CELL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PIETRAIN PIG; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GRANULOSA CELLS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84898041466     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD12380     Document Type: Article

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