Translational regulation of a novel testis-specific RNF4 transcript

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Pero, Raffaela ^a   Lembo, Francesca ^a   Chieffi, Paolo ^a   Del Pozzo, Giovanna ^b   Fedele, Monica ^a   Fusco, Alfredo ^a   Bruni, Carmelo B ^a,d   Chiariotti, Lorenzo ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Dept of Exp and Clinical Medicine   (Italy)

^d Dipto Biol e Patol Cell e Molec   (Italy)

Author keywords

Post transcriptional control; RING finger; Spermatogenesis; Testis specific transcripts; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RNF4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

MURINAE;

EID: 0043269933     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10322     Document Type: Article

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