The DNA/RNA-binding protein, TB-RBP, moves from the nucleus to the cytoplasm and through intercellular bridges in male germ cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-123

  Morales, Carlos R ^a   Wu, Xin Qi ^b   Hecht, Norman B ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Haploid gene expression; MRNA movement; RNA binding proteins; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; HAPLOIDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345676496     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8967     Document Type: Article

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