Expression of a novel pyridoxal kinase mRNA splice variant, PKH-T, in human testis

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-91

  Fang, Xing ^a   Zhou, Zuo Min ^a   Lu, Li ^a   Yin, Lan Lan ^a   Li, Jian Min ^a   Zhen, Yin ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Sha, Jia Hao ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Spermatogenesis; Spermatogenic arrest; Testis cDNA microarray; Testis specific human pyridoxal kinase; Tissue distribution; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME VARIANT; MESSENGER RNA; PYRIDOXAL KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; FETUS; GENBANK; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA PROBE; RNA PURIFICATION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PYRIDOXAL KINASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 2942641734     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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