Identification of developmentally regulated genes in the somatic cells of the mouse testis using serial analysis of gene expression

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 797-808

  O'Shaughnessy, P J ^a   Fleming, L ^a   Baker, P J ^a   Jackson, G ^a   Johnston, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Gene regulation; Leydig cells; Sertoli cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERIAL ANALYSIS OF GENE EXPRESSION; SOMATIC CELL; TECHNIQUE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SALVIA;

EID: 0042916338     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.016899     Document Type: Article

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