Transcriptional control of KIT gene expression during germ cell development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2-4, 2013, Pages 179-184

  Rossi, Pellegrino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

KIT tyrosine kinase; Primordial germ cell; Spermatogenesis; Testicular germ cell tumor

Indexed keywords

PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DMRT1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOHLH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOHLH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; GERM LINE; GONOCYTE; HUMAN; KIT GENE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84880054579     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.130014pr     Document Type: Article

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