E2f4 and E2f5 are essential for the development of the male reproductive system

Cell Cycle

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 250-260

  Danielian, Paul S ^a   Hess, Rex A ^b   Lees, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

cilia; E2F4; E2F5; efferent ducts; fertility; intestine; multiciliated; rete; testis; villin

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; CLUSTERIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F5; AQP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CLU PROTEIN, MOUSE; CRE RECOMBINASE; E2F4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; E2F5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTEGRASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE STERILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RETE TESTIS; SECRETION (PROCESS); SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS FUNCTION; ANIMAL; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 1; CLUSTERIN; CROSSES, GENETIC; E2F4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; E2F5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTEGRASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84962882992     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1121350     Document Type: Article

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