Depletion of bitter taste transduction leads to massive spermatid loss in transgenic mice

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 289-297

  Li, Feng ^a,b   Zhou, Minliang ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

gustducin; Bitter receptors; Mouse; Spermatogenesis; Taste transduction

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C BETA2; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BITTER TASTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TASTE BUD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENE;

AGEUSIA; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENES, REPORTER; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOSPHOLIPASE C BETA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TASTE BUDS; TESTIS; TRPM CATION CHANNELS;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84861754565     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gas005     Document Type: Article

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