Asthenoteratozoospermia in mice lacking testis expressed gene 18 (Tex18)

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 15-23

  Jaroszynski, L ^a   Dev, A ^a   Li, M ^a   Meinhardt, A ^b   de Rooij, D G ^c   Mueller, Christian ^a   Böhm, Detlef ^a   Wolf, S ^a   Adham, I M ^a   Wulf, G ^a   Engel, W ^a   Nayernia, Karim ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthenoteratozoospermia; Gene targeting; Mouse model; Tex18, infertility

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TESTIS EXPRESSED PROTEIN 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ASTHENOSPERMIA; C57BL MOUSE; CELL MOTION; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; LITTER SIZE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33847615744     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal107     Document Type: Article

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