Regulated wnt/beta-catenin signaling sustains adult spermatogenesis in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kerr, Genevieve E ^a   Young, Julia C ^a   Horvay, Katja ^a   Abud, Helen E ^a   Loveland, Kate L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

APC; Germ cells; Mouse models; Spermatids; Spermatocytes; Testis

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

APC; GERM CELLS; MOUSE MODELS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; TESTIS;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BETA CATENIN; GENES, APC; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84899949042     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.105809     Document Type: Article

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