Identification and characterization of novel mammalian spermatogenic genes conserved from fly to human

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 137-142

  Bonilla, Edmundo ^a,b   Xu, Eugene Yujun ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conserved genes; Germline development; Male fertility; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN M1; CARRIER PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DYNEIN AXONEMAL INTERMEDIATE CHAIN 1 PROTEIN; MAELSTROM HOMOLOG PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25 MEMBER 2; SPERMATOGENESIS ASSOCIATED 20 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WD REPEAT DOMAIN 16 PROTEIN; WD REPEAT DOMAIN 63 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEIOSIS; METAZOON; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; MURINAE;

EID: 40949133725     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gan002     Document Type: Article

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