Restricted germ cell expression of a gene encoding a novel mammalian HORMA domain-containing protein

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 257-263

  Pangas, Stephanie A ^a   Yan, Wei ^a,b   Matzuk, Martin M ^a   Rajkovic, Aleksandar ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell; HORMA domain; Nohma; Oocyte; Ovary; Testis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NOHMA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXON; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOP CODON; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; GONADS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPERMATOCYTES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 10244257710     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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