The testis-specific LINC component SUN3 is essential for sperm head shaping during mouse spermiogenesis
Qian Gao, Ranjha Khan, Chang-Ping Yu, Manfred Alsheimer, Xiaohua Jiang, Hui Ma, Qinghua Shi
Abstract
null mice. Altogether, our results indicate that SUN3 is essential for sperm head shaping and male fertility, providing molecular clues regarding the underlying pathology of the globozoospermia-like phenotype.
Topics & Concepts
SpermiogenesisComponent (thermodynamics)BiologySpermHead (geology)Cell biologyGeneticsPhysicsPaleontologyThermodynamicsSperm and Testicular FunctionReproductive Biology and FertilityRenal and related cancers