Novel epididymis-specific mRNAs downregulated by HE6/Gpr64 receptor gene disruption

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 539-553

  Davies, Ben ^a,c   Behnen, Martina ^b   Cappallo Obermann, Heike ^b   Spiess, Andrej Nikolai ^b   Theuring, Franz ^a   Kirchhoff, Christiane ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c genOway GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

HE6 knockout; Initial segment; Male infertility

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; BETA DEFENSIN; CELL PROTEIN; CLAUDIN; CLUSTERIN; CYSTATIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 64; LIPOCALIN; MESSENGER RNA; OSTEOPONTIN; PROTEIN EAAC1; PROTEIN ENPP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HE6 GENE; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DOWN-REGULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA, MESSENGER;

MAMMALIA; MUS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 33947647316     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20636     Document Type: Article

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