Identification and characterization of TSAP, a novel gene specifically expressed in testis during spermatogenesis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1141-1148

  Bin, Li ^a   Gang, Wu ^a   Hu, Jiarui ^a   Gong, Wuming ^a   Yue, Mingjin ^a   Song, Ping ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ankryin repeat; In silico screen; Meiosis; PEST sequence motif; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN TSAP; PROTEIN TSAP ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAZ1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TSAP GENE;

ANIMALS; ANKYRINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 34547879230     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20679     Document Type: Article

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