Importin Alpha2-interacting proteins with nuclear roles during mammalian spermatogenesis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1191-1202

  Ly Huynh, Jennifer D ^a,b   Lieu, Kim G ^a   Major, Andrew T ^a,b   Whiley, Penelope A F ^a,b   Holt, Janet E ^a   Loveland, Kate L ^a,b   Jans, David A ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Meiosis; Recombination; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; IMPORTIN ALPHA 2; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN INHIBITOR OF ACTIVATED STAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUMOYLATION; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN INHIBITORS OF ACTIVATED STAT; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84855402406     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.091686     Document Type: Article

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