An Ancient Transcription Factor Initiates the Burst of piRNA Production during Early Meiosis in Mouse Testes

Molecular Cell

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-81

  Li, Xin Zhiguo ^a   Roy, Christian K ^a   Dong, Xianjun ^a   Bolcun Filas, Ewelina ^b   Wang, Jie ^a   Han, Bo W ^a   Xu, Jia ^a   Moore, Melissa J ^a   Schimenti, John C ^b   Weng, Zhiping ^a   Zamore, Phillip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIWI INTERACTING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A MYB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETE; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PROMOTER REGION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEADY STATE; TESTIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHICKENS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PACHYTENE STAGE; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84876070120     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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