Targeted disruption of the Insl3 gene causes bilateral cryptorchidism

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 681-691

  Zimmermann, Stephan ^a   Steding, Gerd ^a   Emmen, Judith M A ^b   Brinkmann, Albert O ^b   Nayernia, Karim ^a   Holstein, Adolf F ^c   Engel, Wolfgang ^a   Adham, Ibrahim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN INSL3; SOMATOMEDIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; LIGAMENT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0033304740     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.13.5.0272     Document Type: Article

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