Transcriptional regulatory strategies in male germ cells

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 628-632

  Goldberg, Erwin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPASTATIN; CALSPERMIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PROTAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GERM CELL; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030474642     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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