Zinc is an essential trace element for spermatogenesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 10859-10864

  Yamaguchi, Sonoko ^a   Miura, Chiemi ^a   Kikuchi, Kazuya ^b   Celino, Fritzie T ^a   Agusa, Tetsuro ^a,c   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a   Miura, Takeshi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Germ cells; In vitro culture; Japanese eel; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; N,N,N',N' TETRAKIS(2 PYRIDYLMETHYL)ETHYLENEDIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; GERM CELL; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHELATING AGENTS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 67649781932     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900602106     Document Type: Article

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