Bioinformatic analysis of the proteins related to meiotic initiation. (A) and (B) Functional annotations by Pathway Studio
software. (A) Cell processes are denoted by arrows: 27 proteins are involved in cell proliferation events; 29 proteins, cell
differentiation events; 28 proteins, apoptosis events; 11 proteins, spermatogenesis events; and 10 proteins, meiosis events.
(B) Six proteins are annotated in relation to the RA signaling pathway. (C) Red lines denote the RARE element in the Tfrc
promoter sequence. The red bases indicated the first exon of the Tfrc gene.