Effects of ETV5 (Ets variant gene 5) on testis and body growth, time course of spermatogonial stem cell loss, and fertility in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 483-489

  Schlesser, Heather N ^a   Simon, Liz ^a   Hofmann, Marie Claude ^a   Murphy, Kenneth M ^b   Murphy, Theresa ^b   Hess, Rex A ^a   Cooke, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cells; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Stem cell niche

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR 1 ANTIBODY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GERM CELL; HEREDITY; HISTOLOGY; INFERTILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEM CELL; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DEATH; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN SIZE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 40949122292     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.062935     Document Type: Article

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