Haploinsufficiency of the germ cell-specific nuclear RNA binding protein hnRNP G-T prevents functional spermatogenesis in the mouse

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2803-2818

  Ehrmann, Ingrid ^a   Dalgliesh, Caroline ^a   Tsaousi, Aikaterini ^a   Paronetto, Maria Paola ^b,c   Heinrich, Bettina ^f   Kist, Ralf ^a   Cairns, Paul ^a   Li, Weiping ^a   Mueller, Christian ^a,h   Jackson, Michael ^a   Peters, Heiko ^a   Nayernia, Karim ^a,h   Saunders, Philippa ^d   Mitchell, Michael ^e   Stamm, Stefan ^g   Sette, Claudio ^b,c   Elliott, David J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h North East Stem Cell Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN G EXPRESSED IN THE TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RBMX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RBMY;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MUTANT; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GERM CELL; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PSEUDOGENE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHIMERA; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HAPLOIDY; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MAMMALS; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

CHIMAERIFORMES; EUTHERIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 50849131620     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn179     Document Type: Article

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