H1t/GC-box and H1t/TE1 element are essential for promoter activity of the testis-specific histone H1t gene

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1157-1164

  Wilkerson, Donald C ^a   Wolfe, Steven A ^a   Grimes, Sidney R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Gene regulation; Meiosis; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0036785136     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod67.4.1157     Document Type: Article

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