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Molecular Reproduction & Development Volume 83, Issue 6, June 2016
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
molecular reproduction and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.745
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1098-2795
pISSN - 1040-452X
DOI - 10.1002/mrd.22554
Subject(s) - biology , enhancer , spermatocyte , gene , meiosis , genetics , rna , microbiology and biotechnology , gene expression
Many genes are specifically activated in primary spermatocytes during meiosis, but little is known about the molecular mechanisms. Yoneda et al. (this issue) report a novel mechanism for the mouse spermatocyte‐specific Prss42/Tessp2 gene : A transcribed long non‐coding RNA (red) from this gene interacts with the Prss42/Tessp2 promoter, while sequences flanking the long non‐coding RNA appear to work as enhancers .