Nxf3 is expressed in Sertoli cells, but is dispensable for spermatogenesis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 241-249

  Zhou, Jian ^a   Pan, Jieyan ^a   Eckardt, Sigrid ^b   Leu, N Adrian ^a   Mclaughlin, K John ^b   Wang, P Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; INTEGRASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RNA TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79955011058     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21291     Document Type: Article

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