XYbp, a novel RING-finger protein, is a component of the XY body of spermatocytes and centrosomes

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-101

  Párraga, Mario ^a   Del Mazo, Jesús ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternative polyadenylation; Cell cycle; Centrosome; Development; Germ cells; Meiosis; Mouse; Nuclear localisation signals; Oocytes; Pachytene; RING finger; Spermatocyte differentiation; Spermatogenesis; Testis; XY bivalent; XY body; XYbp

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; RING FINGER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTROSOME; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA LIBRARY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; MEIOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACHYTENE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CENTROSOME; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0344339019     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00223-3     Document Type: Article

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