New mouse genetic models for human contraceptive development.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
First Page
222
Last Page
227
JAX Source
Cytogenet Genome Res 2004; 105(2-4):222-7.
Abstract
Genetic strategies for the post-genomic sequence age will be designed to provide information about gene function in a myriad of physiological processes. Here an ENU mutagenesis program (http://reprogenomics.jax.org) is described that is generating a large resource of mutant mouse models of infertility; male and female mutants with defects in a wide range of reproductive processes are being recovered. Identification of the genes responsible for these defects, and the pathways in which these genes function, will advance the fields of reproduction research and medicine. Importantly, this program has potential to reveal novel human contraceptive targets.
Recommended Citation
Lessard C,
Pendola JK,
Hartford SA,
Schimenti JC,
Handel MA,
Eppig JJ.
New mouse genetic models for human contraceptive development. Cytogenet Genome Res 2004; 105(2-4):222-7.