Regulated expression of the ubiquitin protein ligase, E3 Histone/LASU1/Mule/ARF-BP1/HUWE1, during spermatogenesis

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2889-2898

  Liu, Zhiqian ^a   Miao, Dengsheng ^a   Xia, Qingwen ^a   Hermo, Louis ^a   Wing, Simon S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

E3Histone LASU1; Expression; Histones; Localization; Spermatocytes; Spermatogenesis; Ubiquitin protein ligase

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN MCL 1; PROTEIN P53; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

RATTUS;

EID: 35348953150     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21302     Document Type: Article

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