A novel testicular haploid expressed gene (THEG) involved in mouse spermatid-Sertoli cell interaction

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1488-1495

  Nayernia, Karim ^a   Von Mering, Matthias H P ^a   Kraszucka, Katarzyna ^a   Burfeind, Peter ^a   Wehrend, Axel ^a   Köhler, Michael ^b   Schmid, Michael ^b   Engel, Wolfgang ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Institute of Human Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CHROMOSOME 10; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0033046876     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.6.1488     Document Type: Article

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