Protein arginine methyltransferase 6 involved in germ cell viability during spermatogenesis and down-regulated by the androgen receptor

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 29467-29481

  Luo, Manling ^a   Li, Yuchi ^a,b   Guo, Huan ^b,c   Lin, Shouren ^b   Chen, Jianbo ^b,d   Ma, Qian ^b   Gu, Yanli ^b   Jiang, Zhimao ^b   Gui, Yaoting ^b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY SHENZHEN HOSPITAL   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Apoptosis; Migration; PRMT6; Testes

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE 6; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRMT6 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COS 7 CELL LINE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE INACTIVATION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA ISOLATION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; COS CELL LINE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASES; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84949883612     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms161226186     Document Type: Article

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