Testis development, fertility, and survival in Ethanolamine kinase 2-deficient mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 6176-6186

  Gustin, Sonja E ^a   Western, Patrick S ^a   McClive, Peter J ^a   Harley, Vincent R ^b   Koopman, Peter A ^c   Sinclair, Andrew H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHANOLAMINE KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; ETHANOLAMINE KINASE 2 GENE; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DISORDER; GONAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 57349116793     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0584     Document Type: Article

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