The mammalian Doublesex homolog DMRT6 coordinates the transition between mitotic and meiotic developmental programs during spermatogenesis

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 3662-3671

  Zhang, Teng ^a,c   Murphy, Mark W ^a   Gearhart, Micah D ^a   Bardwell, Vivian J ^a,b   Zarkower, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

DMRT1; DMRT6; Meiosis; Mouse; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

DMRT6 PROTEIN; DNA HOMOLOG; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BROXURIDINE; DMRT6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PRIMER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROPHASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRESSOR GENE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUNEL ASSAY;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTORS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84908099274     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.113936     Document Type: Article

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