Regulation of sperm gene expression by the GATA factor ELT-1

Developmental Biology

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 397-408

  del Castillo Olivares, Antonio ^a   Kulkarni, Madhura ^b,c   Smith, Harold E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

GATA factor; Gene expression; Germ line; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; GONAD; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 69049092554     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.06.044     Document Type: Article

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