Lessons from knockout and transgenic mice for infertility in men

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 584-591

  Venables, J P ^a   Cooke, H J ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infertility; Knockout; Meiosis; Pr omoter; Spermatogenesis; Spermiogenesis; Transgenic; UTR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0033761198     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03343780     Document Type: Review

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