Mago, a vertebrate homolog of Drosophila mago nashi protein, is a component of the chromatoid body in the cytoplasm of the postmeiotic spermatid

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 314 B, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-241

  Zhao, Wei ^a   Zhou, Fang ^a   Zhou, Xiang ^a   Hou, Yu ^a   He, Yan ^a   Cheng, Hanhua ^a   Zhou, Rongjia ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FISH PROTEIN; MAGO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; EEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; SEMINOMA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPERMATID;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EELS; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEMINOMA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPERMATIDS;

MAGO; MONOPTERUS ALBUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77950887589     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21331     Document Type: Article

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