Epididymis seleno-independent glutathione peroxidase 5 maintains sperm DNA integrity in mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2074-2085

  Chabory, Eléonore ^a   Damon, Christelle ^a   Lenoir, Alain ^a   Kauselmann, Gary ^b   Kern, Hedrun ^b   Zevnik, Branko ^b   Garrel, Catherine ^c   Saez, Fabrice ^a   Cadet, Rémi ^a   Henry Berger, Joelle ^a   Schoor, Michael ^b   Gottwald, Ulrich ^d   Habenicht, Ursula ^d   Drevet, Joël R ^a   Vernet, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b TaconicArtemis GmbH   (Germany)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM-INDEPENDENT GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 68849087516     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/jci38940     Document Type: Article

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