Diversity and functional convergence of small noncoding RNAs in male germ cell differentiation and fertilization

RNA

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 946-962

  García López, Jesús ^a   Alonso, Lola ^a   Cárdenas, David B ^a   Artaza Alvarez, Haydeé ^a   De Dios Hourcade, Juan ^a   Martínez, Sergio ^a   Brieño Enríquez, Miguel A ^a   Del Mazo, Jesús ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Germ cell development; miRNAs; Next generation sequencing; piRNAs; sncRNAs; snoRNAs

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PIWI PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; DBA MOUSE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84928027945     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.048215.114     Document Type: Article

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