Title | Cellular and Molecular Regulation of Testicular Cells [electronic resource] / edited by Claude Desjardins |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1996 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2374-0 |
Descript | XVIII, 371p. 98 illus. online resource |
1. Evolution of the Testis Workshop: 1972โ1995 -- I. Molecular Dissection of the Cell Cycle -- 2. From Start to S Phase: Early Events in the Yeast Cell Cycle -- 3. Oocyte Activation and Passage Through the Meiotic Cell Cycle in Xenopus Laevis -- II. Germ-Cell Differentiation -- 4. Establishment of Meiotic Germ-Cell Lines and Then-Use to Study Spermatogenesis In Vitro -- 5. Mouse Spermatocyte Chromosome Cores: Protein and DNA Organization -- 6. CREM? Activates the Spermatid-Specific RT7 and Mouse Protamine 1 Promoters -- 7. Role of Vitamin A in Male Germ-Cell Development -- 8. Alternative Forms and Functions of the c-kit Receptor and Its Ligand During Spermatogenesis -- 9. The IGF-II/Cation-Independent Mannose 6-Phosphate Receptor Mediates Changes in Spermatogenic Cell Gene Expression -- III. Macromolecules and Organelles Unique to Germ Cells -- 10. Testis-Specific Gene Transcription -- 11. Molecular and Cellular Biology of Novel Cytoskeletal Proteins in Spermatozoa -- 12. Promoter Analysis of Male Germ-Cell-Specific Genes: Nuclear Transition Protein-1 and Histone H1t -- IV. Hormone Aetion and Transport Mechanisms -- 13. Androgen Receptor Distribution in the Testis -- 14. Testicular Androgen Receptor Protein: Distribution and Control of Expression -- 15. Role of Carrier Proteins in the Movement and Metabolism of Retinoids in the Seminiferous Tubule -- 16. Transport Mechanisms for Endocrine and Paracrine Factors in the Testis -- V. Cell and Molecular Biology of the Leydig Cell -- 17. Hormonal Regulation of the Differentiation of Leydig Cells from Mesenchymal-Like Progenitors During Puberty -- 18. Developmental and cAMP-Dependent Regulation of CYP17 Gene Expression -- 19. A Cell-Specific Nuclear Receptor Plays Essential Roles in Reproductive Function -- 20. Activating Mutations of the Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Gene in Familial Testotoxicosis -- VI. Regulation of Steroidogenesis -- 21. Characterization of the Protein Responsible for the Acute Regulation of Steroidogenesis in Mouse Leydig Tumor Cells -- 22. Diazepam-Binding Inhibitor and Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptors: Role in Steroid Biosynthesis -- Author Index