Lanosterol metabolism and sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP) expression in male germ cell maturation

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 2-5, 2003, Pages 429-438

  Fon Tacer, Klementina ^a   Kalanj Bognar, Svjetlana ^b   Waterman, Michael R ^c   Rozman, Damjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Male germ cell; MAS; SREBP; Testis

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LANOSTEROL; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROL METABOLISM; TESTIS CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0041977056     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(03)00191-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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