SOHLH1 and SOHLH2 directly down-regulate stimulated by retinoic acid 8 (STRA8) expression

Cell Cycle

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1036-1045

  Desimio, M G ^a   Campolo, F ^a   Dolci, S ^a   De Felici, M ^a   Farini, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Meiosis; SOHLH1; SOHLH2; Spermatogonia; STRA8

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; STIMULATED BY RETINOIC ACID 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; SOHLH1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SOHLH2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; STRA8 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; GERM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOHLH1 GENE; SOHLH2 GENE; SPERMATOGONIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SPERMATOGONIA;

EID: 84928152424     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1007721     Document Type: Article

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