Alternative splicing of CREB and CREM mRNAs in an immortalized germ cell line

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-70

  Sanborn, Barbara M ^a   Millan, Jose L ^b   Meistrich, Marvin L ^c   Moore, Lisa C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative splicing; CREB; CREM; germ cells; immortalized germ cells; testis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EXON; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TERATOCARCINOMA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031043120     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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