Retinoic acid regulation of male meiosis

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 217-223

  Hogarth, Cathryn A ^a   Griswold, Michael D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meiosis; Retinoic acid; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYTOCHROME P450 26A1; RETINAL; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL DEHYDROGENASE;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84879220295     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: 17522978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e32836067cf     Document Type: Review

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