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Definition
: The male gonad containing two functional parts: the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES for the production and transport of male germ cells (SPERMATOGENESIS) and the interstitial compartment containing LEYDIG CELLS that produce ANDROGENS.
torsion consider also terms at ORCHI-
See Also
Orchiectomy
Examples
Leydig Cells
;
Rete Testis
;
Seminiferous Tubules
;
Sertoli Cells
Other names
Testicles; Testicle; Testes
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
SUN5 protein, mouse
0
*Membrane Proteins
Testis.
Mol Hum Reprod. 2011 Apr;17(4):207-18
Anorchia
0
*Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XY
Testis/abnormalities.
Sohval Soffer syndrome
0
*Testicular Diseases/congenital
Testis/abnormalities.
Theodor Hertz Goodman syndrome
0
*Growth Disorders
Bone and Bones/abnormalities
Fingers/abnormalities
Testis/abnormalities.
C1orf49 protein, human
0
*Nuclear Proteins
Testis.
Biol Pharm Bull 2006 Nov;29(11):2187-91
Tsc24 protein, mouse
0
*Nuclear Proteins
Testis.
Biol Pharm Bull 2006 Nov;29(11):2187-91
Spag4 protein, rat
0
*Carrier Proteins
Testis.
Hook1 protein, mouse
0
*Microtubule-Associated Proteins
Testis.
Hum Mol Genet 2002 Jul 1;11(14):1647-58
hook1 protein, human
0
*Microtubule-Associated Proteins
Testis.
Hum Mol Genet 2002 Jul 1;11(14):1647-58
Fscn3 protein, mouse
0
*Carrier Proteins
*Microfilament Proteins
Testis.
Exp Cell Res 2002 Apr 15;275(1):92-109
Rtn-
T protein, human
0
*Membrane Proteins
Testis.
Reproduction 2002 Feb;123(2):227-34
LY6E protein, human
0
*Antigens, Surface
GPI-Linked Proteins
Testis.
Mol Reprod Dev 2001 Sep;60(1):1-12; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996 Jun 11;93(12):5910-4
TSGA10 protein, human
0
*Proteins
Testis.
Gene 2001 Jan 10;262(1-2):249-55
RGPD8 protein, human
0
*Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins
Testis.
Arch Androl 1999 Mar-Apr;42(2):71-84
NZ-
2 testis-
specific antigen, human
0
*Antigens, Surface
Spermatozoa
Testis.
Mol Reprod Dev 1998 Oct;51(2):176-83
SPAG4 protein, human
0
*Carrier Proteins
Testis.
Cytogenet Cell Genet 1998;81(1):65-7
CTAG1B protein, human
0
*Antigens, Neoplasm
*Membrane Proteins
Testis.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997 Mar 4;94(5):1914-8
calmegin
155982-67-5
*Calcium-Binding Proteins
*Molecular Chaperones
Testis.
J Biol Chem 1994 Mar 11;269(10):7744-9; J Biol Chem 1994 May 13;269(19):14140-8
germ-
cell AP isoenzyme
0
*Alkaline Phosphatase
*Isoenzymes
Testis/enzymology
Thymus Gland/enzymology
Tumor Markers, Biological.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1988;85(9):3024