Regulating the balance between differentiation and apoptosis: Role of CREM in the male germ cells

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 811-817

  Sassone Corsi, Paolo ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d IGBMC ^*

^e INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell death; Cyclic AMP; Follicle stimulating hormone; Spermiogenesis; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INFERTILITY; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

EID: 0031773744     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090050285     Document Type: Review

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