Notch signaling in sertoli cells regulates cyclical gene expression of Hes1 but is dispensable for mouse spermatogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 206-215

  Hasegawa, Kazuteru ^a   Okamura, Yoshiaki ^b   Saga, Yumiko ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; JAGGED1; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; O FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; LOXP SITE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SERTOLI CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84856807226     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.06063-11     Document Type: Article

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