Putative homeodomain transcription factor 1 interacts with the feminization factor homolog Fem1b in male germ cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 780-787

  Oyhenart, J ^a,c   Benichou, S ^a   Raich, Natacha ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankyrin; Apoptosis; Endoplasmic reticulum; Gamete biology; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

FEMINIZATION FACTOR 1; FEMINIZATION FACTOR 1B; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PUTATIVE HOMEODOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMINIZATION; GENE; GERM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHTF1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

RODENTIA;

EID: 15544371658     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.035964     Document Type: Article

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