The first bromodomain of Brdt, a testis-specific member of the BET sub-family of double-bromodomain-containing proteins, is essential for male germ cell differentiation

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 3507-3515

  Shang, Enyuan ^a   Nickerson, Helen D ^a   Wen, Duancheng ^b   Wang, Xiangyuan ^a   Wolgemuth, Debra J ^a,b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brdt; Bromodomain; Mouse; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1; LYSINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRDT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE DELETION; GERM CELL; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOMOZYGOSITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HISTONES; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

MUS;

EID: 35648988946     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.004481     Document Type: Article

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