Conservation and expression of PIWI-interacting RNA pathway genes in male and female adult gonad of amniotes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Lim, Shu Ly ^a   Tsend Ayush, Enkhjargal ^a   Kortschak, R Daniel ^a   Jacob, Reuben ^a   Ricciardelli, Carmela ^a   Oehler, Martin K ^a   Grützner, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amniotes; Germ cells; Gonads; Mael; Mvh; Ovary; PiRNA pathway genes; Piwi genes; PIWI interacting genes; Tdrd1; Testis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GERM CELL; GONAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIZARD; MAEL GENE; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OPOSSUM; ORTHOLOGY; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PIWIL1 GENE; PIWIL2 GENE; PIWIL4 GENE; PLATYPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TDRD1 GENE; TESTIS; VASA GENE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

AMNIOTES; GERM CELLS; GONADS; MAEL; MVH; OVARY; PIRNA PATHWAY GENES; PIWI GENES; PIWI-INTERACTING GENES; TDRD1; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELLS; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLATYPUS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84901281924     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.111211     Document Type: Article

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