Differential expression of clusterin in the testis and epididymis of postnatal and germ cell deficient mice

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 491-501

  Ahuja, Harleen Singh ^a   Tenniswood, Martin ^b   Zakeri, Zahra F ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Adirondack Biomedical Research Institute Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusterin; epididymis; germ cell deficient; germ cell development; testis

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; GLYCOSYLATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CLUSTERIN; EPIDIDYMIS; GLYCOPROTEINS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; OLIGOSPERMIA; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0029834715     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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