Bone morphogenetic protein 8A plays a role in the maintenance of spermatogenesis and the integrity of the epididymis

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1103-1112

  Zhao, Guang Quan ^a,b   Liaw, Lucy ^c   Hogan, Brigid L M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Division of Pediatric Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bmp8a; Bone morphogenetic protein; Epididymis; Fertility; Male germ cell; Mouse; Spermatogenesis; Targeted gene inactivation

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERM CELL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031894843     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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