Sexual development and fertility of Loxl1-/- male mice

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 452-459

  Wood, Hadley M ^a   Lee, Una J ^a   Vurbic, Drina ^b   Sabanegh, Edmund ^a   Ross, Jonathan H ^a   Li, Tiansen ^c   Damaser, Margot S ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastin; Mouse; Mouse model; Penis; Reproductive tract; Semen analysis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; PROTEIN LOXL1; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENIS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PENIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERM COUNT; TESTIS;

EID: 68549125280     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.006122     Document Type: Article

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