Melav2, an elav-like gene, is essential for spermatid differentiation in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sekii, Kiyono ^a   Salvenmoser, Willi ^b   De Mulder, Katrien ^b,c   Scharer, Lukas ^a   Ladurner, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELAV LIKE PROTEIN 2; HUR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ELAV-LIKE PROTEIN 1; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SCREENING; MACROSTOMUM LIGNANO; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYHELMINTH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TESTIS;

MACROSTOMUM LIGNANO; PLATYHELMINTHES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLATYHELMINTHS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 72949091897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-9-62     Document Type: Article

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