Abnormal morphology of spermatozoa in cytochrome P450 17α- hydroxylase/17, 20-lyase (CYP17) deficient mice

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 453-460

  Liu, Ying ^a   Dettin, Luis E ^a   Folmer, Janet ^b   Zirkin, Barry R ^b   Papadopoulos, Vassilios ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Gene deletion; Mitochondria architecture; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 17; STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; FERTILITY; MALE; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; SPERMATOZOA; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 34247480856     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.002006     Document Type: Article

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