Interaction of the conserved meiotic regulators, BOULE (BOL) and PUMILIO-2 (PUM2)

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 290-298

  Urano, Jun ^a,b   Fox, Mark S ^a   Reijo Pera, Renee A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BOL; DAZ; DAZL; Germ cell development; Meiosis; Protein RNA complex; RNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

BOULE PROTEIN; DAZL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PUMILIO 2 PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BOULE GENE; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DAZL GENE; DIMERIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GERM CELL; MEIOSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PUMILIO 2 GENE; REGULATOR GENE; RNA SEQUENCE;

CELL LINE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 20044372352     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20270     Document Type: Article

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