Expression, function, and regulation of the testis-enriched heat shock HSPA2 gene in rodents and humans

Cell Stress and Chaperones

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 221-235

  Scieglinska, Dorota ^a   Krawczyk, Zdzislaw ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cytoprotection; Heat shock genes; HSPA2; Regulation of expression; Somatic cells; Spermatogenic cells

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HSPA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CANCER CELL; CLONING; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84925465588     PISSN: 13558145     EISSN: 14661268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12192-014-0548-x     Document Type: Review

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