A large expansion of the HSFY gene family in cattle shows dispersion across Yq and testis-specific expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hamilton, Christine K ^a   Revay, Tamas ^a,b   Domander, Robin ^a   Favetta, Laura A ^a   King, W Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR Y; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULL (BOVINE); CATTLE; CHROMOSOME YQ; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HSFY GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; Y CHROMOSOME;

BOS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CATTLE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 79952344735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017790     Document Type: Article

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