MicroRNAs 221 and 222 regulate the undifferentiated state in mammalian male germ cells

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 280-290

  Yang, Qi En ^a   Racicot, Karen E ^b,c   Kaucher, Amy V ^a   Oatley, Melissa J ^a   Oatley, Jon M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; KIT; MiR 221; MiR 222; Mouse; Spermatogonial stem cell; Undifferentiated spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; KIT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA 221; MICRORNA 222; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS; TRETINOIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84871530727     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.087403     Document Type: Article

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