An X-to-autosome retrogene is required for spermatogenesis in mice

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 872-876

  Bradley, Julie ^a   Baltus, Andrew ^a   Skaletsky, Helen ^a   Royce Tolland, Morgan ^a   Dewar, Ken ^b,c   Page, David C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; AUTOSOME RETROGENE; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; JSD GENE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SPERMATOGENESIS; UTP14B GENE; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 3543044987     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1390     Document Type: Article

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