A distinct expression pattern in mammalian testes indicates a conserved role for NANOG in spermatogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Kuijk, Ewart W ^a,b   de Gier, Jeffrey ^c   Chuva de Sousa Lopes, Susana M ^d   Chambers, Ian ^e   van Pelt, Ans M M ^f   Colenbrander, Ben ^a   Roelen, Bernard A J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NANOG PROTEIN, HUMAN; NANOG PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SWINE; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; DOGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 77956222969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010987     Document Type: Article

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