Developmental expression of musashi-1 and musashi-2 rna-binding proteins during spermatogenesis: Analysis of the deleterious effects of dysregulated expression

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Sutherland, Jessie M ^a,b   Fraser, Barbara A ^a,b   Sobinoff, Alexander P ^a,b,e   Pye, Victoria J ^a,b   Davidson, Tara Lynne ^b,c   Siddall, Nicole A ^b,d   Koopman, Peter ^b,c   Hime, Gary R ^b,d   McLaughlin, Eileen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Germ cell; Meiosis; Musashi; RNA binding; Spermatogenesis; Stem cell; Testis

Indexed keywords

MUSASHI 1; MUSASHI 2; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOPROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TESTIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTIS;

EID: 84903782910     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.115261     Document Type: Article

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