Male infertility caused by spermiogenic defects: Lessons from gene knockouts

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 306, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 24-32

  Yan, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraceptive; Drug targets; Fertility; Haploid; Sperm count; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSITION NUCLEAR PROTEIN 1; TRANSITION NUCLEAR PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; AGFG1 GENE; CATSPER GENE; CELL MATURATION; CYTOPLASM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GOPC GENE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TEKT1; TEKT2; TEKT3; TEKT4; TEKT5; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 67349230842     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.03.003     Document Type: Review

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