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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-8
pubmed:abstractText
Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) provides an alternative with additional advantages to microarrays for studying gene expression during spermatogenesis. The digitized transcriptome provided by SAGE of purified mouse germ cells identified 27,504 species of transcripts expressed in type A spermatogonia, pachytene spermatocytes, and round spermatids. Over 2700 of these transcripts were novel. Computational analyses allowed the identification of clusters of co-regulated genes, cell-specific promoter modules, cell-specific biological processes, as well as "preferential" biological networks in different cell types. These analyses provided potential drug targets for interference of specific pathways at different stages of spermatogenesis. Analyses of the transcriptomes revealed the prominent role of cytochrome c oxidase in germ cells and suggest a novel role for this enzyme in cytochrome c-mediated apoptosis in spermatogonia. A number of genes were shown to undergo differential splicing during spermatogenesis giving rise to cell-specific splice variants.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0303-7207
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
250
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8-19
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Transcriptome analyses of male germ cells with serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE).
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Clinical Genomics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 49 Convent Drive, MSC 4429, Bethesda, MD 20892-4429, USA. chanwy@mail.nih.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural