Transgenic mice with inactive alleles for procollagen N-proteinase (ADAMTS-2) develop fragile skin and male sterility

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 355, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 271-278

  Li, S W ^a   Arita, M ^a   Fertala, A ^a   Bao, Y ^a   Kopen, G C ^a   Langsjo T K ^a   Hyttinen, M M ^a   Helminen, H J ^a   Prockop, D J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Fibrils; Metalloproteinase; Propeptides; Spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMES; MORPHOLOGY; SKIN; TISSUE;

FIBRILS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; METALLOPROTEINASE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROCOLLAGEN N PROTEINASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE INACTIVATION; MALE; MALE STERILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN DISEASE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; HOMOZYGOTE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROCOLLAGEN N-ENDOPEPTIDASE; SKIN;

EID: 0035870995     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3550271     Document Type: Article

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