The novel epididymis-specific beta-galactosidase-like gene Glb1I4 is essential in epididymal development and sperm maturation in rats

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 696-706

  Zhen, Wei ^a,c   Li, Peng ^a   He, Bin ^a   Guo, Juyuan ^a   Zhang, Yong Lian ^a,b,d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Epididymal development; Epididymis; Gene regulation; Glb1l4; Male reproductive tract; Novel gene; Principal cell differentiation; Sperm; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GLB1L4 GENE; HEAD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

RATTUS;

EID: 65249159054     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.071589     Document Type: Article

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