Foreign DNA introduced into the vas deferens is gained by mammalian spermatozoa

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-52

  Huguet, E ^a   Esponda, P ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA uptake; In situ hybridization; Male genital tract; Sperm DNA interaction; Spermatozoa; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; GROWTH HORMONE; MYC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GROWTH HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOZOA; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0031876506     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199809)51:1<42::AID-MRD5>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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