AGO4 Regulates Entry into Meiosis and Influences Silencing of Sex Chromosomes in the Male Mouse Germline

Developmental Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-264

  Modzelewski, Andrew J ^a   Holmes, Rebecca J ^a,c   Hilz, Stephanie ^b   Grimson, Andrew ^b   Cohen, Paula E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c BOSTON IVF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; PROTEIN AGO4; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELL; GERMLINE MICRONUCLEUS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MEIOTIC SEX CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICRORNAS; PHENOTYPE; SPERMATOZOA; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84865098747     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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