Identification of a mouse germ cell-less homologue with conserved activity in Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-153

  Leatherman, Judith L ^a   Kaestner, Klaus H ^a   Jongens, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BTB POZ; DP interacting protein; Germ cells; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME 6; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034177686     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00335-4     Document Type: Article

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