KIF2Aβ: A kinesin family member enriched in mouse male germ cells, interacts with translin associated factor-X (TRAX)

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 387-396

  Bray, Jeffrey D ^a   Chennathukuzhi, Vargheese M ^a   Hecht, Norman B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Male germ cells; TB RBP; Testis; Translin

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; KINESIN; PROTEIN KIF2BETA; PROTEIN TRANSLIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR X; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; KIF2A PROTEIN, MOUSE; NERVE PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TSN PROTEIN, MOUSE; TSNAX PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA TRANSPORT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; YEAST; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; KINESIN; MALE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 7744242231     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20171     Document Type: Article

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