Ubiquitin Specific Protease 26 (USP26) expression analysis in human testicular and extragonadal tissues indicates diverse action of USP26 in cell differentiation and tumorigenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Wosnitzer, Matthew S ^a   Mielnik, Anna ^a   Dabaja, Ali ^a   Robinson, Brian ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a   Paduch, Darius A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DEUBIQUITINASE; DEUBIQUITINASE 26; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; USP26 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER TISSUE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GONAD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; THYROID CANCER; UBIQUITINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROSTATE TUMOR; SPERMATOZOON; THYROID TUMOR;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84903387355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098638     Document Type: Article

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