Down-regulation of mitochondrial transcription factor A during spermatogenesis in humans

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-191

  Larsson, Nils Göran ^a   Oldfors, Anders ^b   Garman, J David ^a   Barsh, Gregory S ^a   Clayton, David A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RABBITS; RNA; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031040867     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.2.185     Document Type: Article

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