Spata22, a novel vertebrate-specific gene, is required for meiotic progress in mouse: Germ cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  La Salle, Sophie ^a,b   Palmer, Kristina ^b   O'Brien, Marilyn ^b   Schimenti, John C ^c   Eppig, John ^b   Handel, Mary Ann ^a,b  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meiosis; Mutagenesis; Oogenesis; Spata22; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN SPATA22; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SPATA22 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; REPRO42 GENE; SPATA22 GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STOP CODON;

EUTELEOSTOMI; MAMMALIA; MUS; SYNAPSIS; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CODON, NONSENSE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84860228674     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.095752     Document Type: Article

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