Tex101 is essential for male fertility by affecting sperm migration into the oviduct in mice

Journal of Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 345-347

  Li, Wei ^a   Guo, Xue Jiang ^b   Teng, Fei ^a,c   Hou, Xiao Jun ^a   Lv, Zhuo ^a   Zhou, Shu Ya ^a   Bi, Ye ^b   Wan, Hai Feng ^a   Feng, Chun Jing ^a,c   Yuan, Yan ^b   Zhao, Xiao Yang ^a   Wang, Liu ^a   Sha, Jia Hao ^b   Zhou, Qi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TEX101 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL VIABILITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE DELETION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LETTER; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADAM PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS;

EID: 84885355361     PISSN: 16742788     EISSN: 17594685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjt031     Document Type: Letter

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