Three-dimensional reconstruction of efferent ducts in wild-type and Lgr4 knock-out mice

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 595-603

  Lambot, Marie Alexandra H ^a   Mendive, Fernando ^a   Laurent, Patrick ^a   van Schoore, Gregory ^a   Noël, Jean Christophe ^b   Vanderhaeghen, Pierre ^a   Vassart, Gilbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Efferent ducts; LGR4 GPR48; Male infertility; Obstructive azoospermia

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PROTEIN LGR4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNODETECTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 65549104474     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20883     Document Type: Article

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