Differential expression of sex-linked and autosomal germ-cell-specific genes during spermatogenesis in the mouse

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2911-2918

  Wang, P Jeremy ^a,b   Page, David C ^b   McCarrey, John R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM CELL; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX LINKAGE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; UPREGULATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; Y CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 26444490659     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi322     Document Type: Article

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