Transcriptional control of spermatogonial maintenance and differentiation

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-26

  Song, Hye Won ^a   Wilkinson, Miles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Self renewal; Spermatogonia; Spermatogonial stem cell; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BCL6B PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR1; CYCLIN A; DOUBLESEX AND MAB3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-1; ETS VARIANT GENE 5 PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MICRORNA; NEUROGENIN 3; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 6; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SPERMATOGENESIS AND OOGENESIS SPECIFIC BHLH TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; STAT3 PROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRACHYURY (T); TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ID4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PLZF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TAF4B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MALE; SPERMATOGONIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84901610141     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.02.005     Document Type: Review

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