Animal models of genetic causes of male infertility

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-219

  Christensen, Greg L ^a   Carrell, Douglas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Genes; Genetics; Knokout; Male Infertility

Indexed keywords

CASEIN KINASE II; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIN A; DNA; FERTILIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 3; PROTAMINE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN); RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; SPERMINE SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EMBRYO DEATH; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE STERILITY; MEIOSIS; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PACHYTENE; PHENOTYPE; PROPHASE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TATA BOX; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 0036744723     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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