Conserved functional characteristics of the PIWI family members in chicken germ cell lineage

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1948-1959

  Kim, T H ^a   Yun, T W ^a   Rengaraj, D ^a   Lee, S I ^a   Lim, S M ^a   Seo, H W ^a   Park, T S ^a   Han, J Y ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chicken; CILI; CIWI; Germ cell; PIWI

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; DANIO RERIO; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84868208368     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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