Activating Transcription Factor 4 Is Required for the Differentiation of the Lamina Propria Layer of the Vas Deferens

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 371-378

  Fischer, Carla ^a   Johnson, Joshua ^a,c   Stillwell, Brian ^a   Conner, Jennifer ^a   Cerovac, Zoran ^a   Wilson Rawls, Jeanne ^a,b   Rawls, Alan ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Male reproductive tract; Male sexual function; Sperm motility and transport; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATORY DUCT; ELASTIC FIBER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; VAS DEFERENS;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0742323941     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.021600     Document Type: Article

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