Sox8 is a critical regulator of adult Sertoli cell function and male fertility

Developmental Biology

Volumn 316, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 359-370

  O'Bryan, Moira K ^a,b   Takada, Shuji ^c   Kennedy, Claire L ^a,b   Scott, Greg ^d   Harada, Shun ichi ^e   Ray, Manas K ^d   Dai, Qunsheng ^d   Wilhelm, Dagmar ^c   de Kretser, David M ^a,b   Eddy, E Mitch ^d   Koopman, Peter ^b,c   Mishina, Yuji ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Fertility; Sox; Sperm; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX8;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

MUS;

EID: 41149145886     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.01.042     Document Type: Article

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