Krüppel-like factor 4 expression in normal and pathological human testes

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 815-820

  Behr, R ^a,b   Deller, C ^a   Godmann, M ^b,f   Muller T ^a   Bergmann, M ^c   Ivell, R ^d   Steger, K ^e  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

KLF4; Leydig cell; Spermatid; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS DISEASE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; SPERMATID; TESTIS;

MUS; RODENTIA;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; SPERMATIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 36249027605     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gam064     Document Type: Article

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