EGR4 displays both a cell- and intracellular-specific localization pattern in the developing murine testis

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3106-3114

  Hogarth, Cathryn A ^a   Mitchell, Debra ^a   Small, Christopher ^a   Griswold, Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EGR4; Germ cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGR4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS; MYOIDA;

EID: 77958544899     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22442     Document Type: Article

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