Control of Mouse hils1 Gene Expression during Spermatogenesis: Identification of Regulatory Element by Transgenic Mouse

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1239-1245

  Iguchi, Naoko ^a   Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^a   Yamada, Shuichi ^b   Nishimura, Hiromi ^a   Nishimune, Yoshitake ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamete biology; Gene regulation; Spermatid; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

HILS1 PROTEIN; HISTONE; HISTONE H1; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HILS1 GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TATA BOX; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 1942444679     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.024760     Document Type: Article

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