Dynamic subcellular distribution of the DAZL protein is confined to primate male germ cells

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 470-477

  Ruggiu, Matteo ^a   Saunders, Philippa T K ^b   Cooke, Howard J ^a,c  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; DAZ; RNA binding proteins; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

DAZL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROTEINS; RABBITS; RATS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSFECTION; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034064023     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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