Spermatogenetic but not immunological defects in mice lacking the τCstF-64 polyadenylation protein

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-37

  Hockert, Kathy Jo ^a   Martincic, Kathleen ^c   Mendis Handagama, S M L C ^b   Borghesi, Lisa Ann ^c   Milcarek, Christine ^c   Dass, Brinda ^a,d   MacDonald, Clinton C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

B cells; Fertilization; Immunity; Infertility; Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CSTF2T GENE; GENE; GERM CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POLYADENYLATION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79955000142     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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