The murine Spam1 gene: RNA expression pattern and lower steady-state levels associated with the Rb(6.16) translocation

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 252-257

  Zheng, Ying ^a   Martin Deleon, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosome 6 rearrangement; reduced fertility; sperm antigen; testis specific

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBOSOMES; RNA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031020596     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199703)46:3<252::AID-MRD3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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