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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
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
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

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