KATNAL1 regulation of sertoli cell microtubule dynamics is essential for spermiogenesis and male fertility

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Smith, Lee B ^a   Milne, Laura ^a   Nelson, Nancy ^a   Eddie, Sharon ^a   Brown, Pamela ^a   Atanassova, Nina ^b   O'Bryan, Moira K ^c   O'Donnell, Liza ^c,d   Rhodes, Danielle ^c   Wells, Sara ^e   Napper, Diane ^e   Nolan, Patrick ^f   Lalanne, Zuzanna ^f   Cheeseman, Michael ^e,f   Peters, Josephine ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e Medical Research Council Harwell Institute   (United Kingdom)

^f MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CELL PROTEIN; KATANIN P60 SUBUNIT A LIKE 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KATANIN P60 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KATANIN-P60 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; KATANIN P60 SUBUNIT A LIKE 1 GENE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTAGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROTUBULES; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84863669865     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002697     Document Type: Article

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