HMGB4, a novel member of the HMGB family, is preferentially expressed in the mouse testis and localizes to the basal pole of elongating spermatids 1

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 358-366

  Catena, Raffaella ^a   Escoffier, Emmanuelle ^b   Caron, Cécile ^b   Khochbin, Saadi ^b   Martianov, Igor ^c   Davidson, Irwin ^c  

^a European Research Project Management   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Gene regulation; H1FNT; Haploid cells; HMGB2; Polarity; Spermatid; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B4 PROTEIN; HISTONE H1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUCHROMATIN; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HAPLOIDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELA CELLS; HMGB PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATIDS; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 59949102450     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.070243     Document Type: Article

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