Isolation and characterization of all-trans-retinoic acid-responsive genes in the rat testis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Gaemers, Ingrid C ^a,c   Van Pelt, Ans M M ^a   Themmen, Axel P N ^b   De Rooij, Dirk G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase; Retinoids; Spermatogenesis; Sulfated glycoprotein 2; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CLUSTERIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC LIBRARY; GLYCOPROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRETINOIN; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; ATRA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031965927     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199805)50:1<1::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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