Rhox13 Is Translated in Premeiotic Germ Cells in Male and Female Mice and Is Regulated by NANOS2 in the Male

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Geyer, Christopher B ^a   Saba, Rie ^b   Kato, Yuzuru ^b   Anderson, Amy J ^a   Chappell, Vesna K ^c   Saga, Yumiko ^b   Eddy, Edward M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meiosis; NANOS2; Retinoic acid; Rhox13; Testis; Translation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NANOS2 PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; RHOX13 PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NANOS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RHOX13 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE; GERM CELL; GONAD; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NANOS2 GENE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOX13 GENE; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; TESTIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; OVARY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84861502341     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.094938     Document Type: Article

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