Calgizarrin Like Gene (Cal) Deficient Mice Undergo Normal Spermatogenesis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-438

  Mannan, Ashraf U ^a   Nica, Gabriela ^a   Nayernia, Karim ^a   Mueller, Christian ^a   Engel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium binding protein; Knockout; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALGIZARRIN LIKE PROTEIN; EF HAND PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NEOMYCIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALGIZARRIN LIKE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; EXON; FERTILIZATION; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INBRED STRAIN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; S100 PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

MURINAE;

EID: 0242322055     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10367     Document Type: Article

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