Research resource: The dynamic transcriptional profile of sertoli cells during the progression of spermatogenesis

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 597-612

  Zimmermann, Céline ^a   Stévant, Isabelle ^a   Borel, Christelle ^a   Conne, Béatrice ^a   Pitetti, Jean Luc ^a   Calvel, Pierre ^a   Kaessmann, Henrik ^b   Jégou, Bernard ^c   Chalmel, Frédéric ^c   Nef, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANILINE; AURORA B KINASE; CYCLIN A2; CYCLIN D2; CYCLIN D3; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 14; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; ENDOTHELIAL PAS DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; KI 67 ANTIGEN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; POLYADENYLATED RNA; PROTEIN P19; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P27; REPLICATION LICENSING FACTOR CDT1; RETINOIC ACID; RNA; S PHASE KINASE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WT1 PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LEVEL; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY YIELD; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84926384598     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: 19449917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2014-1356     Document Type: Article

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