STK31/TDRD8, a germ cell-specific factor, is dispensable for reproduction in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Jian ^a   Leu, N Adrian ^a   Eckardt, Sigrid ^b   McLaughlin, K John ^b   Wang, P Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN STK31; TUDOR DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINT; ENZYME REPRESSION; FERTILITY; GENE DELETION; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOPLASM; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM CELLS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84897775478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089471     Document Type: Article

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