The aryl hydrocarbon receptor is important for proper seminiferous tubule architecture and sperm development in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hansen, Deborah A ^a   Esakky, Prabagaran ^a,b   Drury, Andrea ^a,b   Lamb, Laura ^b   Moley, Kelle H ^b  

^a VA St Louis Healthcare System   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Fertilization; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HSPA2 GENE; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MAGEA4 GENE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NRF2 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRM1 GENE; PRM2 GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SOD2 GENE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIN GENE; UCP2 GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; FERTILIZATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84899916991     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.108845     Document Type: Article

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