Expression of germ cell nuclear factor (GCNF/RTR) during spermatogenesis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-102

  Zhang, Yong Lian ^a,c   Akmal, Karin M ^b   Tsuruta, James K ^c   Shang, Quan ^a   Hirose, Takahisa ^d   Jetten, Anton M ^e   Kim, Kwan Hee ^b   O'Brien, Deborah A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Germ cell nuclear factor; Nuclear orphan receptor; Spermatogenesis; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; GERM CELL NUCLEAR FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEADY STATE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRICETINAE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031979512     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199805)50:1<93::AID-MRD12>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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