Sperm associated antigen 8 (SPAG8), a novel regulator of activator of CREM in testis during spermatogenesis

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2807-2815

  Wu, Hongyu ^a   Chen, Yingchun ^a   Miao, Shiying ^a   Zhang, Changyong ^b   Zong, Shudong ^b   Koide, Samuel S ^c   Wang, Linfang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT; CREM ; SPAG8; Spermatogenesis; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATOR OF CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR IN TESTIS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SPERM ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77953706081     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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