Fhl5/Act, a CREM-binding transcriptional activator required for normal sperm maturation and morphology, is not essential for testicular gene expression

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lardenois, Aurélie ^a   Chalmel, Frédéric ^a   Demougin, Philippe ^b   Kotaja, Noora ^c   Sassone Corsi, Paolo ^d   Primig, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FHL5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CREM PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR; FHL5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 71949110134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-133     Document Type: Article

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