Wt1 deficiency causes undifferentiated spermatogonia accumulation and meiotic progression disruption in neonatal mice

Reproduction

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-52

  Zheng, Qiao Song ^a,b   Wang, Xiao Na ^a,b   Wen, Qing ^a,b   Zhang, Yan ^a   Chen, Su Ren ^a,b   Zhang, Jun ^a,b   Li, Xi Xia ^a,b   Sha, Ri Na ^a,b   Hu, Zhao Yuan ^a   Gao, Fei ^a   Liu, Yi Xun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 11; TAMOXIFEN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CLAUDINS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 84888374301     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-13-0299     Document Type: Article

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