Testis-specific transcription mechanisms promoting male germ-cell differentiation

Reproduction

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-12

  Kimmins, Sarah ^a   Kotaja, Noora ^a   Davidson, Irwin ^a   Sassone Corsi, Paolo ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR; TATA BINDING PROTEIN RELATED FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IID;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 4043121708     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00170     Document Type: Review

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