In vivo analysis of developmentally and evolutionary dynamic protein-DNA interactions regulating transcription of the Pgk2 gene during mammalian spermatogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7871-7885

  Yoshioka, Hirotaka ^a   Geyer, Christopher B ^b   Hornecker, Jacey L ^a   Patel, Krishan T ^a   McCarrey, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR; GENE PRODUCT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PBX4 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PGK2; PROTEIN PREP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPLEEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 36048968161     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00990-07     Document Type: Article

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