Molecular analysis of cell type-specific gene expression profile during mouse spermatogenesis by laser microdissection and qRT-PCR

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 238-252

  Esakky, Prabagaran ^a,b   Hansen, Deborah A ^a   Drury, Andrea M ^a,b   Moley, Kelle H ^b  

^a VA St Louis Healthcare System   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

laser capture microdissection; mouse; oxidative stress; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; COX6B2 PROTEIN; EOSIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HEMATOXYLIN; HSPA2 PROTEIN; MAGEA4 PROTEIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOLIPID HYDROPEROXIDE GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PRM1 PROTEIN; PRM2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TNP1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LASER MICRODISSECTION; MALE; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRODISSECTION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84874492330     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719112452939     Document Type: Article

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