Testicular cell adhesion molecule 1 (TCAM1) is not essential for fertility

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 315, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 246-253

  Nalam, Roopa L ^a   Lin, Yi Nan ^a,b   Matzuk, Martin M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Integral membrane protein; Male fertility; Spermatocyte; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TESTICULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS SIZE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 71849094528     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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