Molecular cloning of rat Spergen-3, a spermatogenic cell-specific gene-3, encoding a novel 75-kDa protein bearing EF-hand motifs

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 885-892

  Iida, Hiroshi ^a   Yamashita, Haruhiro ^b   Doiguchi, Masamichi ^a   Kaneko, Takane ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium binding protein; Differential display; Spermatid; Spermatogenesis; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; HAPLOIDY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERGEN 3 GENE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

EID: 7044271236     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2004.tb03158.x     Document Type: Article

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