Tesmin Transcription is Regulated Differently during Male and Female Meiosis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 116-126

  Olesen, Christian ^a,b,d   Moller, Morten ^c   Byskov, Anne Grete ^a  

^a Ctr for Children Women and Repro   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Meiosis; Ovary; Regulation; Scp1; Tesmin; Testis

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN; TESMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OVARY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0345016046     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20007     Document Type: Article

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