The expression patterns of genes involved in the RNAi pathways are tissue-dependent and differ in the germ and somatic cells of mouse testis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1779, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 306-311

  González González, Emilio ^a   López Casas, Pedro P ^a   del Mazo, Jesús ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argonaute; Dicer; Drosha; Germ cell; RNAi; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

AGO1 GENE; AGO2 GENE; AGO3 GENE; AGO4 GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DICER GENE; DROSHA GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 43149091204     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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