Restricted expression of a member of the transcription elongation factor S-II family in testicular germ cells during and after meiosis

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 598-603

  Umehara, Takashi ^a   Kida, Satoshi ^a   Hasegawa, Satoshi ^a   Fujimoto, Hirokazu ^b   Horikoshi, Masami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrest relief; Development; Pausing; RNA polymerase II; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030975401     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021627     Document Type: Article

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