Knockout of pentraxin 3, a downstream target of growth differentiation factor-9, causes female subfertility

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1154-1167

  Varani, Simona ^a   Elvin, Julia A ^b   Yan, Changning ^a   Demayo, Janet ^a   Demayo, Francesco J ^b   Horton, Heidi F ^b   Byrne, Michael C ^c   Matzuk, Martin M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology ^*  (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PENTRAXIN; PENTRAXIN 3; PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INDUCED PROTEIN 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; SERUM AMYLOID P; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE TARGETING; GRANULOSA CELL; HOMOZYGOTE; INFLAMMATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

ANIMALS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SERUM AMYLOID P-COMPONENT; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 85047684932     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.16.6.0859     Document Type: Article

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