Prion proteins and infertility: Insight from mouse models

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 285-289

  Genoud, N ^a   Behrens, A ^a,c   Arrighi, I ^a   Aguzzi, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC VECTORS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LENTIVIRUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PRPC PROTEINS; TESTIS;

EID: 1842580575     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076814     Document Type: Article

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