Germ cell-specific DNA and RNA binding proteins p48/52 are expressed at specific stages of male germ cell development and are present in the chromatoid body

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Oko, R ^a   Korley, R ^b   Murray, M T ^c   Hecht, N B ^d   Hermo, L ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cells; RNA binding proteins p48 52; Spermatogenesis; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATID; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; TESTIS;

EID: 0029927484     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199605)44:1<1::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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