Retinoic Acid Activates Two Pathways Required for Meiosis in Mice

Jana Koubova; Yueh-Chiang Hu; Tanmoy Bhattacharyya; Y. Q. Shirleen Soh; Mark E. Gill; Mary L. Goodheart; Cathryn A. Hogarth; Michael D. Griswold; David C. Page

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004541

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Retinoic Acid Activates Two Pathways Required for Meiosis in Mice

Jana Koubova,

Affiliations Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Yueh-Chiang Hu,

Affiliation Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Tanmoy Bhattacharyya,

Affiliation Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Y. Q. Shirleen Soh,

Affiliations Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Mark E. Gill,

Affiliation Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Mary L. Goodheart,

Affiliations Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Cathryn A. Hogarth,

Affiliation Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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Michael D. Griswold,

Affiliation Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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David C. Page

* E-mail: dcpage@wi.mit.edu

Affiliations Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Retinoic Acid Activates Two Pathways Required for Meiosis in Mice

Jana Koubova,
Yueh-Chiang Hu,
Tanmoy Bhattacharyya,
Y. Q. Shirleen Soh,
Mark E. Gill,
Mary L. Goodheart,
Cathryn A. Hogarth,
Michael D. Griswold,
David C. Page

Published: August 7, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004541

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