Molecular cloning of rat Spetex2 family genes mapped on chromosome 15p16, encoding a 23-kilodalton protein associated with the plasma membranes of haploid spermatids

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 284-292

  Iwamoto, Yuka ^a   Kaneko, Takane ^a   Ichinose, Junko ^b   Mori, Takayuki ^a   Shibata, Yosaburo ^c   Toshimori, Kiyotaka ^d   Iida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Molec Biosci of Roche Diagnostics   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gametogenesis; Sperm maturation; Spermatid; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; SPETEX2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME 15P; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; EXON; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DATABASE; HAPLOIDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPETEX2 GENE; SPLEEN; TANDEM REPEAT; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HAPLOIDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 12344266691     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.032516     Document Type: Article

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