Germline deletion of huntingtin causes male infertility and arrested spermiogenesis in mice

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 492-501

  Yan, Jinting ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Zhao, Feilong ^a   Zhu, Shu ^b   Xie, Chengmei ^a   Tang, Tie Shan ^b   Guo, Caixia ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA packaging; Huntingtin; Spermatogenesis; Spermiogenesis; Translation

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; HUNTINGTIN; DNA; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PACKAGING; GENE DELETION; GERM LINE; GOLGI COMPLEX; LOXP SITE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GERMLINE MUTATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; DNA; GERM-LINE MUTATION; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84957686701     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.173666     Document Type: Article

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