RFX2 is a candidate downstream amplifier of A-MYB regulation in mouse spermatogenesis

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MYBL1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN C MYB; RFX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 73649105516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-9-63     Document Type: Article

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