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Seminal vesicle secretory protein 7, PATE4, is not required for sperm function but for copulatory plug formation to ensure fecundity()

Seminal vesicle secretions (SVSs), together with spermatozoa, are ejaculated into the female reproductive tract. SVS7, also known as PATE4, is one of the major SVS proteins found in the seminal vesicle, copulatory plug, and uterine fluid after copulation. Here, we generated Pate4 knockout (−/−) mice...

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Published in:Biol Reprod
Main Authors: Noda, Taichi, Fujihara, Yoshitaka, Matsumura, Takafumi, Oura, Seiya, Kobayashi, Sumire, Ikawa, Masahito
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6483057/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30452524
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioy247
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