Transgene-mediated rescue of spermatogenesis in Cldn11-null mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Xin ^a,b   Peppi, Marcello ^a,c   Vengalil, Matthew J ^a   Maheras, Kathleen J ^a   Southwood, Cherie M ^a   Bradley, Michael ^a   Gow, Alexander ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; Intercellular junctions; Lacz reporter; Osp; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 11; MESSENGER RNA; CLDN11 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; AZOOSPERMIA; EXONS; GENETIC LOCI; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84864024777     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.096230     Document Type: Article

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