Differential expression of Rfx1-4 during mouse spermatogenesis

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 515-519

  Kistler, W Stephen ^a   Horvath, Gary C ^a   Dasgupta, Anindya ^a   Kistler, Malathi K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 RACE; Alternate promoter; Gene regulation; Meiosis; Mouse; Real time PCR; Spermatid; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonia; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

DNA; REGULATORY FACTOR X1; REGULATORY FACTOR X2; REGULATORY FACTOR X3; REGULATORY FACTOR X4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOIDY; INTRON; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; START CODON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 70149112311     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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