Characterization of htAKR, a novel gene product in the aldo-keto reductase family specifically expressed in human testis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 527-533

  Azuma, Yutaro ^a   Nishinaka, Toru ^a   Ushijima, So ^a   Soh, Jintetsu ^a   Katsuyama, Masato ^a   Lu, Hai Ping ^a   Kawata, Mitsuhiro ^a   Yabe Nishimura, Chihiro ^a   Miki, Tsuneharu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldo keto reductase; Alternative splicing; Mouse vas deferens protein; NEC8; Seminoma

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ANDROSTANOLONE; GENE PRODUCT; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROSTAGLANDIN; RNA; STEROID;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINOMA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEMINOMA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 4344603791     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah062     Document Type: Article

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