Lhx8 regulates primordial follicle activation and postnatal folliculogenesis

BMC Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ren, Yu ^a   Suzuki, Hitomi ^a,c   Jagarlamudi, Krishna ^a,b   Golnoski, Kayla ^a   McGuire, Megan ^a   Lopes, Rita ^d   Pachnis, Vassilis ^d   Rajkovic, Aleksandar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lhx8; Lin28a; Oocyte; Ovarian reserve; Primordial follicle

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

LIM HOMEOBOX PROTEIN 8; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LIN-28 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84933557649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-015-0151-3     Document Type: Article

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