EPAS1 is required for spermatogenesis in the postnatal mouse testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1227-1236

  Gruber, Michaela ^a   Mathew, Lijoy K ^b   Runge, Anja C ^b   Garcia, Joseph A ^c   Simon, M Celeste ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Hypoxia; Sertoli cells; Signal transduction; Sperm; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

OCCLUDIN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GONAD; HOMEOSTASIS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 77953855750     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.079202     Document Type: Article

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