The gene CSTF2T, encoding the human variant CSTF-64 polyadenylation protein τCstF-64, lacks introns and may be associated with male sterility

Genomics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 509-514

  Dass, Brinda ^a   McDaniel, Lisa ^b   Schultz, Roger A ^b   Attaya, Eman ^a   MacDonald, Clinton C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cells; mRNA processing; Polyadenylation; Spermatogenesis; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; CSTF2T PROTEIN, HUMAN; POLYADENYLIC ACID; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CSTF 64 GENE; CSTF2T GENE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACHYTENE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; RADIATION HYBRID MAPPING; SPERMATOCYTE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTRONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLY A; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOCYTES; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036430222     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0888-7543(02)96862-X     Document Type: Article

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