Functional characterization of male germ cell-specific CREM isoforms

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-66

  Jaspers, Saskia ^a   Gellersen, Birgit ^b   Kempf, Rita ^b   Samalecos, Annemarie ^b   Bergmann, Martin ^a   Steger, Klaus ^a,c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ENDOKRINOLOGIKUM HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR; GUANINE; ISOPROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; RNA; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; DNA; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33846002009     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.000976     Document Type: Article

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