Expression of CatSper family transcripts in the mouse testis during post-natal development and human ejaculated spermatozoa: Relationship to sperm motility

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 299-306

  Li, Hong Gang ^a   Ding, Xiao Fang ^b   Liao, Ai Hua ^a   Kong, Xiang Bing ^a   Xiong, Cheng Liang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium; Developmental biology; Messenger RNAs; Spermatozoa; Testis

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; CATION CHANNEL OF SPERM; CATION CHANNEL OF SPERM 1; CATION CHANNEL OF SPERM 2; CATION CHANNEL OF SPERM 3; CATION CHANNEL OF SPERM 4; ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; EJACULATION; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

MUS;

EID: 34447304899     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gam009     Document Type: Article

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