Male Mice Lacking Three Germ Cell Expressed Genes Are Fertile

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1973-1978

  Nayernia, Karim ^a   Drahent, Birgit ^a   Adham, Ihrahim M ^a   Möschner, Marita ^a   Wolf, Stephan ^a   Meinhardt, Andreas ^b   Engel, Wolfgang ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Institute of Human Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamete biology; Gametogenesis; Sperm; Sperm motility and transport; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H1.1; HISTONE H1T; PROACROSIN; PROTAMINE; TRANSITION PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GERM CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACROSIN; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONES; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0345601185     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.018564     Document Type: Article

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