ELOVL2 controls the level of n-6 28:5 and 30:5 fatty acids in testis, a prerequisite for male fertility and sperm maturation in mice

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-255

  Zadravec, Damir ^a   Tvrdik, Petr ^b   Guillou, Hervé ^c   Haslam, Richard ^d   Kobayashi, Tsutomu ^a   Napier, Johnathan A ^d   Capecchi, Mario R ^b   Jacobsson, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatty acid elongase; Omega 6; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION OF VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID PROTEIN 2; MICROSOME ENZYME; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELOVL2 GENE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MICE; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 78751491602     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M011346     Document Type: Article

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