Function of Nanos2 in the male germ cell lineage in mice

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3815-3822

  Saga, Yumiko ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meiosis; P body; Primordial germ cell (PGC); Retinoic acid; Sexual differentiation; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; INTRINSIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN NANOS2; RETINOIC ACID; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENYLATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

MUS;

EID: 78149466915     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0456-x     Document Type: Review

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