Male mice lacking the Theg (testicular haploid expressed gene) protein undergo normal spermatogenesis and are fertile

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 788-796

  Mannan, Ashraf U ^a   Nayernia, Karim ^a   Mueller, Christian ^a   Burfeind, Peter ^a   Adham, Ibrahim M ^a   Enge, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamete biology; Sertoli cells; Sperm; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TESTICULAR HAPLOID EXPRESSED GENE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TECHNIQUE; TESTICULAR HAPLOID EXPRESSED GENE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TISSUE STRUCTURE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FERTILITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041360233     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.017400     Document Type: Article

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