Sry-Independent overexpression of Sox9 supports spermatogenesis and fertility in the mouse

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Ortega, Egle A ^a   Ruthig, Victor A ^a   Ward, Monika A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Sex determination; Sox9; Sperm; Sry; Testis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; SOX9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SRY PROTEIN, MOUSE; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SRY GENE; VASCULARIZATION; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; FERTILITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84954208841     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.135400     Document Type: Article

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