Developmental expression and spermatogenic stage specificity of transcription factors GATA-1 and GATA-4 and their cofactors FOG-1 and FOG-2 in the mouse testis

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 397-406

  Ketola, Ilkka ^a   Anttonen, Mikko ^a   Vaskivuo, Tommi ^a   Tapanainen, Juha S ^a   Toppari, Jorma ^a   Heikinheimo, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOG 1; PROTEIN FOG 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; FETUS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 0036739521     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1470397     Document Type: Article

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