Tektin 3 is required for progressive sperm motility in mice

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 453-459

  Roy, Angshumoy ^a   Lin, Yi Nan ^a   Agno, Julio E ^a   Demayo, Francesco J ^a   Matzuk, Martin M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN TEKT4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FERTILITY; FLAGELLA; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

METAZOA; MUS;

EID: 66749172757     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20957     Document Type: Article

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