Mouse models in male fertility research

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-151

  Jamsai, Duangporn ^a   O'Bryan, Moira K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

infertility; male fertility; mouse models; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; ESSENTIAL GENE; FERTILIZATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MODEL; GERM CELL; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 78650970528     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.101     Document Type: Review

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