Mechanisms of fertilization - A view from the study of gene-manipulated mice

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-225

  Muro, Yuko ^a   Okabe, Masaru ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Reproductive tract; Sperm; Sperm egg interaction

Indexed keywords

CALSPERIN; CHAPERONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; OVIDUCT; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; OVIDUCTS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

EID: 79960917875     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.010900     Document Type: Short Survey

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