In vivo gene transfer into testis and sperm: Developments and future application

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 187-197

  Coward, Kevin ^a   Kubota, Hiroki ^b   Parrington, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene transfer; Sperm; Testis; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TRANSGENE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RETROVIRIDAE; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 79961178014     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010701426455     Document Type: Review

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