RNA binding protein Ptbp2 is essential for male germ cell development

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 4030-4042

  Zagore, Leah L ^a,b   Grabinski, Sarah E ^a   Sweet, Thomas J ^a,d   Hannigan, Molly M ^a,b   Sramkoski, R Michael ^a   Li, Qin ^c   Licatalosi, Donny D ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PTBP2; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NERVE PROTEIN; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN; PTBP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84946220495     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00676-15     Document Type: Article

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