Abnormal spermatogenesis in RXRβ mutant mice

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-92

  Kastner, Philippe ^a   Mark, Manuel ^a   Leid, Mark ^a,b   Gansmuller, Anne ^a   Chin, William ^a,c   Grondona, Jesus M ^a   Décimo, Didier ^a   Krezel, Wojciech ^a   Dierich, Andrée ^a   Chambon, Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

lipid metabolism defect; male sterility; retinoid X receptor; seminiferous epithelium degeneration; Sertoli cells

Indexed keywords

RETINOID X RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EPIDIDYMIS; FETUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029671334     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.1.80     Document Type: Article

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