Patterns of translational regulation in the mammalian testis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 268-281

  Kleene, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

protamine; spermatogenesis; testis; transition protein; translational regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0030030366     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199602)43:2<268::aid-mrd17>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Review

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