Stage-dependent expression of extra-embryonic tissue-spermatogenesis-homeobox gene 1 (ESX1) protein, a candidate marker for X chromosome-bearing sperm

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-455

  Yeh, Yueh Chiao ^a   Yang, Vie Cheng ^a   Huang, Shing Chung ^a   Lo, Neng Wen ^a  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Protein marker; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; EXTRA EMBRYONIC TISSUE SPERMATOGENESIS HOMEOBOX PROTEIN 1; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GERM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC MARKERS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNE SERA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 19644387729     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD04077     Document Type: Article

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