Expression Profiling of Mammalian Male Meiosis and Gametogenesis Identifies Novel Candidate Genes for Roles in the Regulation of Fertility

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1031-1043

  Schlecht, Ulrich ^a   Demougin, Philippe ^a   Koch, Reinhold ^a   Hermida, Leandro ^a   Wiederkehr, Christa ^a   Descombes, Patrick ^b   Pineau, Charles ^c   Jégou, Bernard ^c   Primig, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA MICROARRAY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MEIOSIS; RATS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1542373752     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-10-0762     Document Type: Article

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