Identification of potential regulatory elements in the 5′ and 3′ UTRs of 12 translationally regulated mRNAs in mammalian spermatids by comparative genomics

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 244-256

  Chowdhury, Tamzid A ^a   Kleene, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Poly(A) signal; Transgenic mice; Upstream open reading frame (uORF); Y box protein

Indexed keywords

A KINASE 3 ACTIVATING PROTEIN; A KINASE 4 ACTIVATING PROTEIN VARIANT 2; ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME 2; CELL PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER DENSE FIBER PROTEIN; POLYADENYLIC ACID; POLYADENYLIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTAMINE P1; PROTAMINE P2; PROTAMINE P3; SPATA18 PROTEIN; SPERM MITOCHONDRIA ASSOCIATED CYSTEINE RICH PROTEIN; TRANSITION PROTEIN 1; TRANSITION PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RETROPOSON; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLY(A)-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATIDS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 84856954508     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.012492     Document Type: Article

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