Basic mechanisms for the control of germ cell gene expression

Gene

Volumn 366, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-50

  DeJong, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Germ cells; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR 1; PROTEIN TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR 12; PROTEIN TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4; PROTEIN TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR 5; PROTEIN TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR 6; PROTEIN TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR 8; PROTEIN TATA BINDING PROTEIN RELATED FACTOR 1; PROTEIN TATA BINDING PROTEIN RELATED FACTOR 2; PROTEIN TATA BINDING PROTEIN RELATED FACTOR 3; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR; TATA BINDING PROTEIN RELATED FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; OOCYTES; OVARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOCYTES; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 32044436548     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.10.012     Document Type: Review

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