DAZ family proteins, key players for germ cell development

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1226-1235

  Fu, Xia Fei ^a   Cheng, Shun Feng ^a   Wang, Lin Qing ^a   Yin, Shen ^a   De Felici, Massimo ^b   Shen, Wei ^a  

^a QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boule; DAZ; Dazl; Germ cell; Meiosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; PRIMATES;

DAZ1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84940374626     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.11536     Document Type: Review

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