DMRT1 Is Required for Mouse Spermatogonial Stem Cell Maintenance and Replenishment

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Teng ^a   Oatley, Jon ^b   Bardwell, Vivian J ^a,c   Zarkower, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; GDNF FAMILY RECEPTOR ALPHA1; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INHIBITOR OF DNA BINDING 4; NEUROGENIN 3; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PLZF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DMRT1 PROTEIN; IDB4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROG3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ZBTB16 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRESS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DMRT1 GENE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEADY STATE; STEM CELL SELF-RENEWAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEINS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84990225612     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006293     Document Type: Article

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