Targeted deletion of the epididymal receptor HE6 results in fluid dysregulation and male infertility

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 8642-8648

  Davies, Ben ^a,d   Baumann, Claudia ^a   Kirchhoff, Christiane ^c   Ivell, Richard ^c   Nubbemeyer, Reinhard ^b   Habenicht, Ursula Friederike ^b   Theuring, Franz ^a   Gottwald, Ulrich ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^c Institut fur Hormon und Fortpflanzungsforschung IHF   (Germany)

^d Danfoss GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EPIDIDYMAL PROTEIN 6; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; GENE; GENE DELETION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TARGETING; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE DELETION; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 4544313766     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.19.8642-8648.2004     Document Type: Article

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