Analyses of mRNA expression patterns of cohesin subunits rad21 and rec8 in mice: Germ cell-specific expression of rec8 mRNA in both male and female mice

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 539-544

  Lee, Jibak ^a   Yokota, Takehiro ^a   Yamashita, Masakane ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

mRNA; Ovary; rad21; rec8; Testis

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; COHESINS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RAD21 PROTEIN, MOUSE; REC8 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARY; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036586760     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.539     Document Type: Article

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