Morphologic and functional analysis of sperm and testes in Aquaporin 7 knockout mice

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 671-676

  Sohara, Eisei ^a   Ueda, Otoya ^b   Tachibe, Takanori ^b   Hani, Toshio ^b   Jishage, Kou ichi ^b   Rai, Tatemitsu ^a   Sasaki, Sei ^a   Uchida, Shinichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chugai Research Institute for Medical Science Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

AQP7; Aquaporin7; sperm; testis

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 7;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 33847709517     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.07.1522     Document Type: Article

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