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ATP synthase is required for male fertility and germ cell maturation in Drosophila testes

Jun Yu1, Binghai Chen2, Bo Zheng3

  • 1Department of Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212001, P.R. China.

Molecular Medicine Reports
|January 11, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
adenosine 5'-triphosphate synthasemale fertilitygerm cell matureDrosophilatestis

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