Mouse models of infertility due to swollen spermatozoa

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 55-63

  Cooper, Trevor G ^a   Yeung, Ching Hei ^a   Wagenfeld, Andrea ^a,c   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a   Poutanen, Matti ^b   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^b   Sipilä, Petra ^b  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene chips; Infertility; Murine epididymis; Transgenic; Volume regulation

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIQUID; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 20244362177     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2003.10.076     Document Type: Article

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