Late onset of spermatogenesis and gain of fertility in POG-deficient mice indicate that POG is not necessary for the proliferation of spermatogonia

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 161-168

  Lu, Baisong ^a,b   Bishop, Colin E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Gametogenesis; Sperm; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN POG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINIA VIRUS RELATED PROTEIN KINASE 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, ANIMAL; OOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 0038790021     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.014654     Document Type: Article

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