Small RNAs in spermatogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 498-508

  Yadav, Ram Prakash ^a   Kotaja, Noora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fertility; Germ cell; Non coding RNA; Post transcriptional; Small RNA; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

DICER; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; EGG; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGO; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; CB; CHROMATOID BODY; ENDO-SIRNA; ENDOGENOUS SMALL INTERFERING RNA; FERTILITY; GERM CELL; MEIOTIC SEX CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; MICRORNA; MIRNA; MSCI; NON-CODING RNA; PGC; PIRNA; PIWI-INTERACTING RNA; PND; POST-NATAL DAY; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RISC; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; RNP; SIRNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL RNA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELL; SSC; TE; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICRORNAS; RIBONUCLEASE III; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84888295796     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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