Essential Roles of the Chromatin Remodeling Factor Brg1 in Spermatogenesis in Mice1
Wang J, Gu H, Lin H, Chi T. Essential Roles of the Chromatin Remodeling Factor Brg1 in Spermatogenesis in Mice1. Biology Of Reproduction 2012, 86: 186, 1-10. PMID: 22495890, PMCID: PMC3386149, DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.097097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMeiotic recombinationSomatic cellsDNA repairMeiotic sex chromosome inactivationChromatin Remodeling Factor BRG1Sex chromosome inactivationChromatin-remodeling complexBAF chromatin-remodeling complexImpaired homologous recombinationEssential roleRole of BRG1Chromatin regulationChromatin structureFactor BRG1Male germlineMammalian spermatogenesisSpatiotemporal regulationChromosome inactivationCatalytic subunitHomologous recombinationMidpachytene stageBRG1Expression patternsGene expressionGerm cells