Spermatogenesis as a model system for developmental analysis of regulatory mechanisms associated with tissue-specific gene expression

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 459-466

  McCarrey, John R ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA methylation; Gene regulation; Promoters; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0032130067     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1998.0199     Document Type: Article

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