SPE-44 implements sperm cell fate

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kulkarni, Madhura ^a,d   Shakes, Diane C ^b   Guevel, Katie ^b   Smith, Harold E ^c  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; SPE 44 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; SPE 44 PROTEIN,C ELEGANS; SPE-44 PROTEIN,C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL FATE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATOR GENE; SEX DETERMINATION; SPE 44 GENE; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN; CYTOKINESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84860594312     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002678     Document Type: Article

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