Normal sexual development and fertility in testatin knockout mice

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4892-4902

  Töhönen, Virpi ^a,b   Frygelius, Jessica ^a   Mohammadieh, Majid ^a   Kvist, Ulrik ^a   Pelliniemi, Lauri J ^c   O'Brien, Kevin ^b   Nordqvist, Katarina ^b,d   Wedell, Anna ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d VINNOVA   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SECRETORY PROTEIN; TESTATIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SRY GENE; TESTATIN GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYSTATINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE TARGETING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 20344394127     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.12.4892-4902.2005     Document Type: Article

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