The dog as a model to study human epididymal function at a molecular level

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 695-701

  Kirchhoff, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Dog; Epididymis; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0035995239     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/8.8.695     Document Type: Review

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