The noncircadian function of the circadian clock gene in the regulation of male fertility

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 208-217

  Liang, Xin ^a,b   Cheng, Shuting ^a   Jiang, Xiaohui ^b   He, Xuan ^a   Wang, Yuhui ^a   Jiang, Zhou ^a   Hou, Wang ^a   Li, Shiping ^a   Liu, Yanyou ^a   Wang, Zhengrong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

acrosin; Clock gene; cumulus dispersion; male reproduction; sperm

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; DNA; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; CUMULUS DISPERSION; ENZYMOLOGY; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; MALE REPRODUCTION; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACROSIN; CLOCK GENE; CUMULUS DISPERSION; MALE REPRODUCTION; SPERM;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK PROTEINS; DNA; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PLASMIDS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFECTION;

MUS;

EID: 84878821318     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730413486873     Document Type: Article

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