3640 unique EST clusters from the medaka testis and their potential use for identifying conserved testicular gene expression in fish and mammals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Lo, Lijan ^a   Zhang, Zhenzhai ^b,c   Hong, Ni ^a   Peng, Jinrong ^a,b   Hong, Yunhan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 1A; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CELL RENEWAL; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GERM CELL; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYZIAS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

MAMMALIA; ORYZIINAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FISHES; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, X-LINKED; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; ORYZIAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TESTIS;

EID: 58049220321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003915     Document Type: Article

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