A novel spermatogenesis-specific uPAR gene expressed in human and mouse testis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 342, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1223-1227

  Teng, Xiaokun ^a,b   Yang, Jun ^a   Xie, Yong ^c   Ni, Zumei ^d   Hu, Ruiying ^d   Shi, Lvjie ^d   Lin, Zhixin ^a   Hu, Landian ^b,e   Zhao, Guoping ^e   Ding, Xiaoyan ^d   Kong, Xiangying ^b,e,f  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^f SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Peripheral leukocytes; Scleroderma; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Urokinase receptor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SCLEROPROTEIN; SPERMATOGENESIS RELATED GENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROKINASE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SPLICING; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RECEPTOR GENE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644900704     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.01.175     Document Type: Article

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