Targeted disruption of Nphp1 causes male infertility due to defects in the later steps of sperm morphogenesis in mice

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 3368-3379

  Jiang, Si Tse ^a   Chiou, Yuan Yow ^b   Wang, Ellian ^d   Lin, Hsiu Kuan ^b   Lee, Sue Ping ^a   Lu, Hsin Yi ^a   Wang, Chi Kuang Leo ^e   Tang, Ming Jer ^c   Li, Hung ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Institute of Clinical Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEPHROCYSTIN 1; PROTEIN SH3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDIDYMIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEPHRONOPHTHISIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INFERTILITY, MALE; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

MUS;

EID: 54449093278     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn231     Document Type: Article

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