Molecular cloning and gene expression of Spo11 during spermatogenesis in the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-314

  Ozaki, Yuichi ^a   Miura, Chiemi ^a   Miura, Takeshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dmc1; Japanese eel; Meiosis; Meiotic prophase; Spermatocyte; Spermatogenesis; Spo11; Testis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SPO11 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33344456854     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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