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Expression analysis of fully-grown oocyte collected from mouse wild-type, Hsf1 mutant or Hsf2 mutant

ABSTRACT: Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in oocytes Hsf1-/- or Hsf2-/- compared to wild-type. The mutants analyzed in this study are further described in McMillan DR, Xiao X, Shao L, Graves K, Benjamin IJ. 1998. Targeted disruption of heat shock transcription factor 1 abolishes thermotolerance and protection against heat-inducible apoptosis. J Biol Chem. 273(13):7523-8 and in McMillan DR, Christians E, Forster M, Xiao X, Connell P, Plumier JC, Zuo X, Richardson J, Morgan S, Benjamin IJ. 2002. Heat shock transcription factor 2 is not essential for embryonic development, fertility, or adult cognitive and psychomotor function in mice. Mol Cell Biol. 22(22):8005-14.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE26240 | GEO | 2011/06/30

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA135067

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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