ALDH1A1 provides a source of meiosis-inducing retinoic acid in mouse fetal ovaries

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Bowles, Josephine ^a   Feng, Chun Wei ^a   Miles, Kim ^a   Ineson, Jessica ^a   Spiller, Cassy ^a   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDH1A1 PROTEIN; ALDH1A2 ENZYME; ALDH1A3 ENZYME; ENZYME; PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDH1A1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ALDH1A2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

EMBRYO; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; PROTEIN; RODENT; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; GERM CELL; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM;

MAMMALIA;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARY; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84959016846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10845     Document Type: Article

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