DAZL binds to the transcripts of several tssk genes in germ cells

BMB Reports

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 300-304

  Zeng, Mei ^a   Deng, Wenqian ^a   Wang, Xinying ^a   Qiu, Weimin ^a   Liu, Yanyan ^a   Sun, Huaqin ^a   Tao, Dachang ^a   Zhang, Sizhong ^a   Ma, Yongxin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dazl gene; RNA binding protein; Spermatogenesis; Target mRNAs; TSSK

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249097639     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2008.41.4.300     Document Type: Article

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