DDX3Y gene rescue of a y chromosome AZFa deletion restores germ cell formation and transcriptional programs

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ramathal, Cyril ^a   Angulo, Benjamin ^a,b   Sukhwani, Meena ^c   Cui, Jun ^a,b   Durruthy Durruthy, Jens ^a   Fang, Fang ^a,b   Schanes, Paula ^a   Turek, Paul J ^c   Orwig, Kyle E ^d   Reijo Pera, Renee ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Turek Clinic   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; DDX3Y PROTEIN, HUMAN; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UTF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; NUDE MOUSE; REPORTER GENE; SKIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; XENOGRAFT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BUSULFAN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE, NUDE; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SKIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 84943746475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep15041     Document Type: Article

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