Auto-regulation of the Sohlh1 gene by the SOHLH2/SOHLH1/SP1 complex: Implications for early spermatogenesis and oogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Toyoda, Shuichi ^a   Yoshimura, Takuji ^a,b   Mizuta, Junya ^a   Miyazaki, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HETERODIMER; HOMODIMER; TERNARY COMPLEX FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING; SOHLH1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SOHLH2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; E BOX ELEMENT; E1 BOX ELEMENT; E2 BOX ELEMENT; E3 BOX ELEMENT; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GC BOX; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SOHLH1 GENE; SOHLH2 GENE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; E-BOX ELEMENTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; OOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84903886725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101681     Document Type: Article

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