Involvement of doublesex and mab-3-related transcription factors in human female germ cell development demonstrated by xenograft and interference RNA strategies

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 960-971

  Poulain, Marine ^a,b,c,d,e   Frydman, Nelly ^a,b,c,d,e   Tourpin, Sophie ^a,b,c,d   Mucsynski, Vincent ^a,b,c,d   Souquet, Benoit ^a,b,c,d   Benachi, Alexandra ^e   Habert, René ^a,b,c,d   Rouiller Fabre, Virginie ^a,b,c,d   Livera, Gabriel ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^c Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

DMRT; Human germ line; Ovary development; siRNA; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DMRTA2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DMRTB1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD15 ANTIGEN; DDX4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DOUBLESEX- AND MAB-3-RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A2, HUMAN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FUT4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; H2AFX PROTEIN, HUMAN; HISTONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELL; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOMATIC CELL; XENOGRAFT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SCID MOUSE; TRANSPLANTATION;

MURINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD15; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; FEMALE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, SCID; OVARY; OVUM; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 84917671983     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gau058     Document Type: Article

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