Periodic retinoic acid-STRA8 signaling intersects with periodic germ-cell competencies to regulate spermatogenesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2015, Pages E2347-E2356

  Endo, Tsutomu ^a   Romer, Katherine A ^a,b   Anderson, Ericka L ^a,b   Baltus, Andrew E ^a,b   De Rooij, Dirk G ^a   Page, David C ^a,b,c  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mouse; Retinoic acid; Spermatogenesis; Stra8; Testis

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; STRA8 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GERM CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STRA8 GENE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; GERM CELLS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84928957994     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1505683112     Document Type: Article

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