The orphan nuclear receptor small heterodimer partner mediates male infertility induced by diethylstilbestrol in mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3752-3764

  Volle, David H ^a,b   Decourteix, Mélanie ^a,b   Garo, Erwan ^c   McNeilly, Judy ^d   Fenichel, Patrick ^a,b   Auwerx, Johan ^c,e   McNeilly, Alan S ^d   Schoonjans, Kristina ^c,e   Benahmed, Mohamed ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HETERODIMER; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR0B2; RETINOID; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HISTONES; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RETINOIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 72849152935     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI38521     Document Type: Article

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