Transcription factor RFX4 binding to the testis-specific histone H1t promoter in spermatocytes may be important for regulation of H1t gene transcription during spermatogenesis

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-69

  Wolfe, Steven A ^a,b   VanWert, Jane M ^a,b   Grimes, Sidney R ^a,b  

^a OVERTON BROOKS VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Histone H1t; RFX2; RFX4; Spermatocytes; Testis; Transcription

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H1T; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RFX4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; MALE; PACHYTENE STAGE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 51849147886     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21793     Document Type: Article

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