Testis-specific Fank1 gene in knockdown mice produces oligospermia via apoptosis

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 124-130

  Dong, Wan Wei ^a   Huang, Hua Liang ^a,b   Yang, Wei ^a   Liu, Jia ^a   Yu, Yang ^a   Zhou, Sheng Lai ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Lv, Xiang Chuan ^a   Li, Zhao Yang ^a   Zhang, Mei Ying ^a   Zheng, Zhi Hong ^a   Yan, Wei ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Orthopedics Third Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fank1; knockdown mice; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA; FANK1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLIGOSPERMIA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84891953030     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.122592     Document Type: Article

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