FNDC3A is required for adhesion between spermatids and Sertoli cells

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The role of FNDC3A, a three-gene family member in binding spermatids and Sertoli cells that is responsible for causing sterility in male mice is studied.

author: MacGregor, Grant R., Waymire, Katrina G., Obholz, Kevin L., Akopyan, Arsen
Infertility in animals, Animal infertility, Sertoli cells

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Epigenetic abnormalities of the mouse paternal zygotic genome associated with microinsemination of round spermatids

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The insemination of round spermatids of mouse, which leads to the development of abnormalities in the paternal zygotic genome, is studied.

author: Wakayama, Teruhiko, Ohta, Hiroshi, Mizutani, Eiji, Kishigami, Satoshi, Thuan, Nguyen Van, Hikichi, Takafusa, Wakayama, Sayaka
Japan, Embryology, Experimental, Embryological research

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The 5? UTR and 3? UTR of the sperm mitochondria-associated cysteine-rich protein mRNA regulate translation in spermatids by multiple mechanisms in transgenic mice

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Spermiogenesis in transgenic mouse and biochemical processes associated with this are examined.

author: Hawthorne, Sabrina K., Busanelli, Rakhee R., Kleene, Kenneth C.
Biochemistry, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Growth, Developmental biology, Genetically modified mice, Company growth

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subjects list: Research, United States, Genetic aspects, Mice, House mouse, Spermatozoa, Sperm