Male-specific function of Dmrt7 by sexually dimorphic translation in mouse testis

Sexual Development

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 297-304

  Kawamata, M ^a   Inoue, H ^a   Nishimori, K ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Dmrt7; Mouse; Poly(A) tail; Testis; Translation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SPLICING; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 36249030455     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108932     Document Type: Article

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