Identification of sites of STAT3 action in the female reproductive tract through conditional gene deletion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Robker, Rebecca L ^a   Watson, Laura N ^a   Robertson, Sarah A ^a   Dunning, Kylie R ^a   McLaughlin, Eileen A ^b   Russell, Darryl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FETAL WELL BEING; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MODEL; GESTATION PERIOD; GRANULOSA CELL; LITTER SIZE; LOXP SITE; MALE; MOUSE; MUELLERIAN DUCT; MYOMETRIUM; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STROMA CELL; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENITALIA, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MICE; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84903727317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101182     Document Type: Article

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