Localization and quantitative expression of mRNAS encoding the testis- specific histone TH2B, the phosphoprotein p19, the transition proteins 1 and 2 during pubertal development and throughout the spermatogenic cycle of the rat

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-35

  Marret, Cécile ^a,b   Avallet, Odile ^a   Perrard Sapori, Marie Hélène ^a   Durand, Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

^b Ecl Natl Sup d'Agronom de Rennes ^*

Author keywords

Gene expression; In situ hybridization; Meiosis; Spermiogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; HISTONE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN P19; TRANSITION PROTEIN 1; TRANSITION PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONES; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATHMIN; TESTIS;

EID: 0031858693     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199809)51:1<22::AID-MRD3>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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