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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2005

Gene expression in spermiogenesis.

H Tanaka, T Baba

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 146 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. A novel testis-enriched gene,Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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  17. The association betweenInternational journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

H TanakaDepartment of Science for Laboratory Animal Experimentation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamadaoka, Suita City 565-0871, Japan.
T Baba
University of Tsukuba · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Germ cells convey parental genes to the next generation, and only germ cells perform meiosis, which is a mechanism that preserves the parental genes. The fusion of the products of germ cell meiosis, the haploid sperm and egg, creates the next generation. Sperm are the haploid germ cells that contribute genes to the egg. In preparation for this, the haploid round spermatids produced by meiosis undergo drastic morphological changes to become sperm. During this process of spermiogenesis, the nuclear form of the haploid germ cell takes shape, the mitochondria are rearranged in a specific manner, the flagellum develops and the acrosome forms. Spermatogenesis is supported by precise and orderly regulation of gene expression during the changes in chromatin structure, when protamine replaces histone. In this report, we summarize the molecular mechanisms involved in spermiogenesis.

Indexed as

AnimalsChromatinGene ExpressionHumansMaleMethylationSpermatogenesisTestisTranscription, GeneticChromatin

Identifiers

PMID15723169
PMCPMC11924428
OpenAlexW1977681950

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