Tsp57: A Novel Gene Induced during a Specific Stage of Spermatogenesis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 106-113

  Kim, Yong Sik ^a   Nakanishi, Gen ^a   Oudes, Asa J ^b   Kim, Kwan Hee ^b   Wang, Hang ^c   Kilpatrick, Daniel L ^c   Jetten, Anton M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamete biology; Male reproductive tract; Spermatid; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RAP80; TESTIS SPECIFIC PROTEIN; TSP57 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GERM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TSP57 GENE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0346724574     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.018465     Document Type: Article

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