Expression of Tubb3, a beta-tubulin isotype, is regulated by androgens in mouse: And rat sertoli cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 934-945

  De Gendt, Karel ^a   Denolet, Evi ^a   Willems, Ariane ^a   Daniels, Veerle W ^a   Clinckemalie, Liesbeth ^a   Denayer, Sarah ^a   Wilkinson, Miles F ^b   Claessens, Frank ^a   Swinnen, Johannes V ^a   Verhoeven, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Androgens; Cytoskeleton; Fertility; Microtubules; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BETA TUBULIN; CLASS III BETA TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN RESPONSE ELEMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TUBULIN;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 81055148231     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.090704     Document Type: Article

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