Characterization of the testis and epididymis in mouse models of human Tay Sachs and Sandhoff diseases and partial determination of accumulated gangliosides

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3280-3288

  Trasler, J ^a,b   Saberi, F ^a,b   Somani, I H ^a   Adamali, H I ^a   Huang, J Q ^a,b   Fortunato, S R ^c   Ritter, G ^c   Gu, M ^d   Aebersold, R ^d   Gravel, R A ^a,b   Hermo, L ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; GANGLIOSIDE GM2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE DISRUPTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDHOFF DISEASE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TAY SACHS DISEASE; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 7844221397     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.7.6117     Document Type: Article

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