Partial Deletion of Chromosome 8 β-defensin Cluster Confers Sperm Dysfunction and Infertility in Male Mice

β-defensin peptides are a family of antimicrobial peptides present at mucosal surfaces, with the main site of expression under normal conditions in the male reproductive tract. Although they kill microbes in vitro and interact with immune cells, the precise role of these genes in vivo remains uncert...

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Hauptverfasser: Zhou, Yu S., Webb, Sheila, Lettice, Laura, Tardif, Steve, Kilanowski, Fiona, Tyrrell, Christine, MacPherson, Heather, Semple, Fiona, Tennant, Peter, Baker, Tina, Hart, Alan, Devenney, Paul, Perry, Paul, Davey, Tracey, Barran, Perdita, Barratt, Chris L., Dorin, Julia R.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3812073/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24204287
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003826
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