SPAG4L, a novel nuclear envelope protein involved in the meiotic stage of spermatogenesis

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 875-882

  Jiang, Xian Zhen ^a   Yang, Ming Gang ^a   Huang, Li Hua ^a   Li, Chang Qi ^b   Xing, Xiao Wei ^a  

^a THE THIRD XIANGYA HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Central South University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LAMIN B; LAMIN B1; PROTEIN SPAG4L; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 80655145891     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: 15577430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2010.1161     Document Type: Article

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