Impaired sexual behavior in male mice deficient for the β1-3 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-I gene

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 699-706

  Biellmann, Franziska ^a   Henion, Timothy R ^b   Bürki, Kurt ^a   Hennet, Thierry ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Vetsuisse Department   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; Glycosylate; Olfaction; Poly N acetyllactosamine

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS SIZE; WILD TYPE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; POLYSACCHARIDES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

MUS;

EID: 41149095249     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20828     Document Type: Article

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