Reciprocal regulation of the mouse protamine genes by the orphan nuclear receptor germ cell nuclear factor and CREM τ

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 394-407

  Hummelke, Geoffrey C ^a,b   Cooney, Austin J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Spermatid; Spermatogenesis; Steroid hormone receptors; Testis

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR TAU; GERM CELL NUCLEAR FACTOR; ORPHAN RECEPTOR; PLASMID VECTOR; PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE P1; PROTAMINE P2; PROTEIN VP16; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN GC 1; CELL STRAIN JEG 3; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DRO SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRM 1 GENE; PRM 2 GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTAMINES; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 4143059344     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20092     Document Type: Article

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