Krüppel-like factor 4, a "pluripotency transcription factor" highly expressed in male postmeiotic germ cells, is dispensable for spermatogenesis in the mouse

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 126, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 650-664

  Godmann, Maren ^a   Gashaw, Isabella ^a   Katz, Jonathan P ^b   Nagy, Andras ^c   Kaestner, Klaus H ^d   Behr, Rüdiger ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cre loxP; Germ cell; Kr ppel like factor 4; Mouse; Spermatogenesis; Spermiogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MESSENGER RNA; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GERM CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; GERM CELLS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELLS; TELOMERASE; TESTIS; ZINC FINGERS;

MUS;

EID: 68449097940     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2009.06.1081     Document Type: Article

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