Human and mouse ZFY genes produce a conserved testis-specific transcript encoding a zinc finger protein with a short acidic domain and modified transactivation potential

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2631-2645

  Decarpentrie, Fanny ^a   Vernet, Nadège ^b   Mahadevaiah, Shantha K ^b   Longepied, Guy ^a   Streichemberger, Eric ^a   Aknin Seifer, Isabelle ^d   Ojarikre, Obah A ^b   Burgoyne, Paul S ^b   Metzler Guillemain, Catherine ^a,c   Mitchell, Michael J ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSACTIVATION; YEAST; ZFY1 GENE; ZFY2 GENE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; ZINC FINGERS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84861728356     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds088     Document Type: Article

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