miR-34b/c and miR-449a/b/c are required for spermatogenesis, but not for the first cleavage division in mice

Biology Open

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 212-223

  Yuan, Shuiqiao ^a   Tang, Chong ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Wu, Jingwen ^a,b,c   Bao, Jianqiang ^a   Zheng, Huili ^a   Xu, Chen ^b,c   Yan, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Shanghai Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Fertility; Germ cell; Reproduction; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 34B; MICRORNA 34C; MICRORNA 449A; MICRORNA 449B; MICRORNA 449C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84979691979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.201410959     Document Type: Article

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