Chromatoid body and small RNAs in male germ cells

Reproduction

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-209

  Meikar, Oliver ^a   Da Ros, Matteo ^a   Korhonen, Hanna ^a   Kotaja, Noora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GRANULE; CHROMATOID BODY; EMBRYO CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICRORNAS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79960652605     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0057     Document Type: Review

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