Loss of protein phosphatase 1cγ (PPP1CC) leads to impaired spermatogenesis associated with defects in chromatin condensation and acrosome development: An ultrastructural analysis

Reproduction

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1021-1029

  Forgione, Nicole ^a   Vogl, A Wayne ^b   Varmuza, Susannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1CGAMMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77952638661     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0063     Document Type: Article

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