Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding the bovine BOULE protein

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-75

  Zhang, Qingbo ^a   Li, Jiahuang ^b   Li, Qifa ^a   Li, Xinfu ^a   Liu, Zhenshan ^a   Song, Dawei ^a   Xie, Zhuang ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

b boule; Cattle yak; Male sterility; Protein structure; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BOULE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; GENETIC CODE; GERM CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

BOS; BOS GRUNNIENS; BOVINAE;

EID: 57649219947     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-008-0394-6     Document Type: Article

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