Retinoids and spermatogenesis: Lessons from mutant mice lacking the plasma retinol binding protein

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 235, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1608-1622

  Ghyselinck, Norbert B ^a   Vernet, Nadège ^a   Dennefeld, Christine ^a   Giese, Norbert ^b   Nau, Heinz ^b   Chambon, Pierre ^a   Viville, Stéphane ^a   Mark, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Cell survival; Nuclear receptors; Paracrine signaling; Retinoic acid; Spermatogonia; Testis; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ENZYME; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOID; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RBP4 GENE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STRA8 GENE; TESTIS ATROPHY;

ANIMALS; GENE TARGETING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RETINOIDS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 33646888691     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20795     Document Type: Article

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