Fertility: Purinergic receptors and the male contraceptive pill
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Fertility: Purinergic receptors and the male contraceptive pill
Knockout mice lacking the P2X(1) receptor appear normal, but fail to breed. Analysis of these mutant mice clearly shows that purinergic co-transmission has a physiological role in the was deferens. These findings also raise the possibility of developing non-hormonal ways of regulating male fertility.
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00436-x