Identification of epididymis-specific transcripts in the mouse and rat by transcriptional profiling

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 522-527

  Johnston, Daniel S ^a   Turner, Terry T ^b   Finger, Joshua N ^a   Owtscharuk, Tracy L ^a   Kopf, Gregory S ^a   Jelinsky, Scott A ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Epididymis; Epididymis selective; Epididymis specific; Microarray; Mouse; Rat; Transcriptional profiling

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CONTRACEPTION; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE PROBE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; SPERM; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34447287102     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2007.00317.x     Document Type: Review

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